Evaluation of a self-centering patch system for closure of muscular ventricular septal defects in a pig model
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Georg Thieme Verlag
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Objective: Closure of muscular ventricular septal defects (mVSDs) beyond the moderator band is still challenging. Recently, we established a new hybrid technique for closure of mVSDs on the beating heart. Here, we evaluated a self-centering patch system for this technique.