Use of untreated pericardial patches for atrial septal defect closure Lalit Kapoor, Shantanu Pande, Partho Protim Roy The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 70, Issue 2, Pages 691-692 (August 2000) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01469-7
Fig 1 The tongue of pericardium is being sutured to the inferior and right margins of the atrial septal defect. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 70, 691-692DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01469-7)
Fig 2 Once half the circumference is completed, the “tongue” of pericardium is cut to an appropriate size. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 70, 691-692DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01469-7)
Fig 3 The suturing of the patch to the margins of the defect is completed. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 70, 691-692DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01469-7)