Technology Insight: transcatheter closure of ventricular septal defects
Douglas S Moodie
Correspondence Department of Pediatrics, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, 1514 Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA
Email dmoodie@ochsner.org
Despite ventricular septal defects being more common than atrial septal defects, fewer trials have been done of transcatheter closure. The available results do, however, suggest positive results with low complication rates. Douglas S Moodie provides in this review an overview of current applications of transcatheter closure for membranous, perimembranous and muscular ventricular septal defects.
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