The importance of localizing pulmonary veins in atrial septal defect closure!

<p>Abstract</p> <p>An 8-year-old girl was admitted for a simple closure of echocardiographically diagnosed Atrial Septal Defect (ASD). During the operation the right pulmonary veins orifices were not detected in the left atrium and attempt to localize them led to the discovery of t...

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Main Authors: Ajami Gholam, Karimi Ashkan, Amirghofran Ahmad, Rasekhi Alireza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-03-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/6/1/41