A reassessment of the anatomical features of multiple ventricular septal defects.
Diane E SpicerRobert Henry AndersonUjjwal Kumar ChowdhuryLakshmi Kumari SankhyanNiwin GeorgeNiraj Nirmal PandeySaurabh Kumar GuptaShikha GojaPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2022)
As we show, appropriate surgical management requires an understanding of the specific terminology, as the surgical approach may differ depending on the combination of the individual defects. Data from the Society for Thoracic Surgeons revealed that both mortality and morbidity were increased in the setting of multiple as opposed to solitary ventricular septal defects.