CLINICAL AND PHYSIOLOGIC ASPECTS OF CLOSURE OF ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECTS BY THE ATRIOSEPTOPEXY TECHNIC
Authors: J DICKENS, H GOLDBERG, D F DOWNING
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1956)

Article1 June 1956CLINICAL AND PHYSIOLOGIC ASPECTS OF CLOSURE OF ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECTS BY THE ATRIOSEPTOPEXY TECHNICJANET DICKENS, M.D., HARRY GOLDBERG, M.D., DANIEL F. DOWNING, M.D., F.A.C.P.JANET DICKENS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HARRY GOLDBERG, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, DANIEL F. DOWNING, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-44-6-1088 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAtrioseptopexy, a technic for closure of atrial septal defects, was introduced by Bailey and associates in 1952.1 Subsequently, a modification of this technic was suggested for the surgical correction of this defect when associated with anomalous pulmonary venous drainage into the right atrium or superior vena cava.2 Since the original communication, these operations have been performed in 50 patients at this institution. The clinical and physiologic findings in these patients prior to and following closure of the defects are the subject of this report.MATERIAL AND METHODSThe patients included 36 females and 14 males. The ages ranged between five...Bibliography1. BaileyDowningGeckelerLikoffGoldbergScottJantonRedondo-Ramirez CPDFGDWHJCOHP: Congenital interatrial communications: clinical and surgical considerations with a description of a new surgical technic: atrioseptopexy, Ann. Int. Med. 36: 888, 1952. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. NeptuneBaileyGoldberg WBCPH: Surgical correction of atrial septal defects associated with transposition of the pulmonary veins, J. Thoracic Surg. 25: 623, 1953. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. GoldbergDowning HDF: The physiological and clinical changes following closure of atrial septal defects by atrioseptopexy, Am. Heart J. 49: 862, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. BaileyBoltonJamisonNeptune CPHWLWB: Atrioseptopexy for interatrial septal defects, J. Thoracic Surg. 26: 184, 1953. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. Bailey CP: Surgery of the heart, 1955, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia. Google Scholar6. StamlerGoldbergGordonWeinshelKatz JHAMLN: Relationship of elevated renal venous pressure to sodium clearances and edema formation in unanesthetized dogs, Am. J. Physiol. 166: 400, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. WelchKinney KJTD: The effect of patent ductus arteriosus and interauricular and interventricular septal defects on the development of pulmonary vascular lesions, Am. J. Path. 24: 729, 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Received for publication October 3, 1955.From the Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, and the Brith Sholom Cardiopulmonary Laboratory, Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital and the Bailey Thoracic Clinic, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.†Work done during tenure of National Institute of Health Fellowship; supported in part by a grant from the American Heart Association. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCyanosis After Surgical Closure Under Direct Vision of Atrial Septal Defects 1 June 1956Volume 44, Issue 6Page: 1088-1110KeywordsCatheterizationFellowshipsHeartHospital medicineHypertensionLesionsLigation assayPatient advocacyPediatricsResearch laboratories ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1956 PDF downloadLoading ...