The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 75, 248-254, Copyright © 1978 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
Repair of atrial septal defect primum. Results, course, and prognosis
J Losay, A Rosenthal, AR Castaneda, WH Bernhard and AS Nadas
Repair of atrial septal defect primum (ASD primum) continues to be a
challenge to the surgeon. The most common problems involve reconstructing
the mitral valve and avoiding rhythm disturbances after the operation. In
this report we describe our results in 92 patients with ASD primum who were
operated upon between 1955 and 1975.