Unidirectional valved patches for closure of septal defects in patients with severe pulmonary hypertension

• Main Authors: Talwar Sachin (Author), Choudhary Shiv (Author), Saxena Anita (Author), Kothari Shyam (Author), Juneja Rajnish (Author), Airan Balram (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pulmonary hypertension due to delay in presentation, diagnosis, referral, and surgery for septal defects is not uncommon in the developing world and translates into high morbidity and mortality following open heart surgery to close these defects. Leaving a small atrial communication may not always b...