Perventricular closure of a perimembranous ventricular septal defect

Abstract

In recent years, perventricular ventricular septal defect device closure without cardiopulmonary bypass has gained increasing acceptance in China. Under transoesophageal echocardiography guidance, muscular, perimembranous and even doubly committed defects are closed. We performed the first application of this technique outside of China and explain step-by-step the hybrid procedure.