Ventricular septal defects

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19. Wasserman MA, Shea E, Cassidy C, et al. Recommendations for the adult cardiac sonographer performing echocardiography to screen for critical congenital heart disease in the newborn: from the American Society of Echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2021 Mar;34(3):207-22.Full text  Abstract

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21. Yang J, Yang L, Yu S, et al. Transcatheter versus surgical closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defects in children: a randomized controlled trial. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Apr 1;63(12):1159-68.Full text  Abstract

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28. Galiè N, Beghetti M, Gatzoulis MA, et al. Bosentan therapy in patients with Eisenmenger syndrome: a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study. Circulation. 2006 Jul 4;114(1):48-54. Abstract

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30. Fernandes SM, Newburger JW, Lang P, et al. Usefulness of epoprostenol therapy in the severely ill adolescent/adult with Eisenmenger physiology. Am J Cardiol. 2003 Mar 1;91(5):632-5. Abstract

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34. Perrotta S, Lentini S. In patients undergoing surgical repair of post-infarction ventricular septal defect, does concomitant revascularization improve prognosis? Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2009 Nov;9(5):879-87.Full text  Abstract

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37. Gabriel HM, Heger M, Innerhofer P, et al. Long-term outcome of patients with ventricular septal defect considered not to require surgical closure during childhood. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002 Mar 20;39(6):1066-71. Abstract

38. Gatzoulis MA, Beghetti M, Galiè N, et al. Longer-term bosentan therapy improves functional capacity in Eisenmenger syndrome: results of the BREATHE-5 open-label extension study. Int J Cardiol. 2008 Jun 23;127(1):27-32. Abstract

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41. Ogino H, Miki S, Ueda Y, et al. Surgical management of aortic regurgitation associated with ventricular septal defect. J Heart Valve Dis. 1997 Mar;6(2):174-8. Abstract

42. Predescu D, Chaturvedi RR, Friedberg MK, et al. Complete heart block associated with device closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defects. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008 Nov;136(5):1223-8. Abstract

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