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Transatrial Repair of Double‐Chambered Right Ventricle
Author(s) -
MCGRATH LYNN B.,
JOYCE DOUGLAS H.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.1989.tb00292.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ventricle , cardiology , surgery
A bstract Seventeen consecutive patients with double‐chambered right ventricles underwent intracardiac repair from February, 1985 through March, 1989. Nine patients had an associated ventricular septal defect. A transatrial approach to the repair was utilized in all patients. Early postoperative right ventricular‐to‐left ventricular pressure ratio was a mean of 0.29, range 0.21 to 0.37. There were no hospital or late deaths. We conclude that transatrial repair of a double‐chambered right ventricle can be accomplished routinely with satisfactory results.