Fei Zhang1, Yifeng Yang2, Qin Wu2, Wancun Jin2, Haisong Bu2, Sijie Wu2, Tianli Zhao2, Shijun Hu2
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.14, No.3, pp. 324-330, 2019, DOI:10.1111/chd.12753
Abstract Objective: To evaluate safety and effectiveness of intraoperative device closure for
secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) not referred to percutaneous closure.
Design and Patients: From April 2010 to December 2018, 231 secundum ASD children (≤14 years) directly recommended to surgical repair were enrolled in this study.
These patients were divided into two groups according to the parents’ choice based
on surgeons’ recommendation. Follow-up evaluations were adopted at 2 weeks,
3 months, 6 months, and 12 months after the procedure and yearly thereafter. In
Group A, 127 patients underwent an initial attempt at device closure. In Group B,… More >
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