Ventricular septal aneurysm after atrioventricular septal repair with pericardium.

Burkhart, H M; Moody, S A; Ensing, G J; Brown, J W · Ann Thorac Surg · 1996

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A 2-month-old infant underwent a two-patch repair of a type C atrioventricular septal defect using autologous pericardium. Several months later a large, symptomatic aneurysm of the ventricular septal patch developed, requiring resection. The use of untreated autologous pericardium for large, congenital ventricular septal defects is unpredictable and should be avoided.

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