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Article
Seven Years' Outcome of Simultaneous Surgical Treatment of Atrial Septal Defect and Atrial Flutter in 2 Children: Case Reports
Valquiria Pelisser Campagnucci, Ana Maria Rocha Pinto, Argemiro Scatolini Neto, Liane Huile Catani, Maria Lucia Bastos Passarelli, Sylvio Matheus Aquino Gandra, Luiz Antonio Rivetti
Heart Surg. Forum 2010, 13(2),
105–107;
https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20091153
Published:
5 May 2010
Abstract
We describe 2 children who had long-standing type 1 atrial flutter and atrial septal defect. The simultaneous surgical treatment of these 2 conditions consisted of transmural incision from the inferior edge of the septal defect to the tricuspid ring, transmural incision from the medial-superior edge of the septal defect to the tricuspid ring, and closure of the septal defect with a bovine pericardial patch. There was no arrhythmia recurrence during a 7-year follow-up period.