Advances in the treatment of ventricular septal defect / 国际儿科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Ventricular septal defect is one of the most common congenital heart diseases in children.Surgical repair,transcatheter closure and hybrid procedure are common clinical treatments.The traditional therapy for ventricular septal defect is cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass.Recent publications have reported the safe and effective results of the transcatheter therapy and hybrid procedure for ventricular septal defect.This paper provides an overview of the indications,complications and latest progress about the main three therapies for ventricular septal defect in order to explore a more rational method.