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Minimally invasive or interventional repair of atrial septal defects in children: experience in 171 cases and comparison with conventional strategies

Roberto Formigari, MD, Roberto M. Di Donato, MD^*, Ennio Mazzera, MD^*, Adriano Carotti, MD^*, Gabriele Rinelli, MD, Francesco Parisi, MD, Luciano Pasquini, MD and Luigi Ballerini, MD

^* Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome, Italy
Cardiology, Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome, Italy
Cardiac Anesthesia, Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome, Italy

View larger version (114K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 A six-year-old child on the second postoperative day after minimally invasive surgical repair of a secundum atrial septal defect. The limited lateral right thoracotomy and the entry hole of the chest tube are clearly visible.