Kapoor L, Gan M D, Bandyhopadhyay A, Das M B, Chatterjee S
Department of Cardiac Surgery, B.M. Birla Heart Research Centre, Calcutta, India.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2000 Jan;69(1):291-2. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(99)01224-2.
We describe an alternative step in the transatrial approach to the repair of ventricular septal defects. We temporarily detach the chorda of the obscuring tricuspid valve from its attachment to the septum to expose the ventricular septal defect.
