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Case Report

Volume 7, Number 5, May 2016, pages 168-170

Off-Pump Repair of a Post-Infarct Ventricular Septal Defect: How Safe Is the Hamburger Procedure With Oximetry Guidance?

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Diagram of the heart demonstrating suture position for the Hamburger procedure. AO: aorta; PA: pulmonary artery; SVC: superior vena cava; IVC: inferior vena cava.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Sutures running just lateral to the LAD.
Figure 3.
Figure 3. Needles through the teflon strip.