Percutaneous Device Occlusion and Minimally Invasive Surgical Repair for Perimembranous Ventricular Septal Defect Zhao Yang Chen, MD, Bing Ru Lin, MD, Wan Hua Chen, MD, Qiang Chen, MD, Xiu Fen Guo, MD, Liang-Long Chen, MD, Jun Bo Ge, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 97, Issue 4, Pages 1400-1406 (April 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.12.027 Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Scar in a boy after an anterolateral minithoracotomy incision. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 1400-1406DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.12.027) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 (A) Echocardiography shows severe mitral valve prolapse. (B) Doppler echocardiography shows fourth-degree mitral regurgitation, with the occluder indicated. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 1400-1406DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.12.027) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Curves show of freedom from probability of complication in the percutaneous group (gray line) compared with the minithoracotomy group (green line). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 1400-1406DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.12.027) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions