[HSF] ASD patch

[prasannasimha]

Ajit, Frankly any material will do !! You can use autologous pericardium 
/Dacron? Goretex anything including a piece of RA wall - as long as you 
take good bites on both the atrial septal defect margins and the patch. 
The lower margin can always be started as a"polar" stitch to give a 
"good margin"
Prasanna

Ajit Damle wrote:
> I would like recommendations for closure of a large secundum ASD in a 35 yr
> healthy female. PCI is not possible the defect is very high, near the sinus
> of valsava and does not have enough superior rim.
>
> What is your experience with autologus pericardium, bovine pericardium and
> patch material like GoreTex or Dacron?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Aijt Damle
>
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