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Transcatheter closure of apical ventricular muscular septal defect combined with arterial switch operation in a newborn infant
Author(s) -
Rodés Josep,
Piéchaud Jean François,
Ouaknine Ruth,
Hulin Sylvie,
Cohen Laurence,
Magnier Suzel,
Lecompte Yves,
Lefèvre Thierry
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1522-726x(200002)49:2<173::aid-ccd12>3.0.co;2-q
Subject(s) - medicine , great arteries , cardiology , transposition (logic) , surgery , heart disease , linguistics , philosophy
This report describes a case of transposition of the great arteries and apical muscular ventricular septal defect in a newborn infant successfully treated by transcatheter closure of the septal defect with the Amplatzer duct occluder device followed by an arterial‐switch operation within the first 2 weeks of life. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 49:173–176, 2000. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.