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Repair Of Post Infarction Posterior Vsd With David Infarct Exclusion Technique
Qasim Al Abri, MD
1, Isabel Gonzales, CST
2, Mikaela Miller, RN
2,
Mahesh Ramchandani, MD, FRCS2;
1National Heart Center, Muscat, Oman,
2Houston Methodist, Houston, TX, USA
Repair of Posterior post infarction VSD with infarct exclusion technique (David Technique)
This video shows clearly the technique for the above procedure. The importance of supporting the patient and delaying the surgery for two weeks or more is emphasized.The David infarct exclusion technique has better short and long term outcomes than the Daggett method of direct closure (Ref 1.)
References1.Lundblad et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2014;148:2736-42
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