Minimally invasive pediatric cardiac surgery. Atrial septal defect closure through axillary and submammary approaches.

Introduction And Objectives: Minimally invasive approaches in less-complex cardiac procedures can avoid unpleasant cosmetic results. Moreover, surgery can be scheduled in younger patients. In previous papers, we compared submammary and midline sternotomy.

Use of a pulmonary neovalve with a transannular patch for repair of tetralogy of fallot.

Introduction And Objectives: To report on our initial experience with the implantation of a pulmonary valve using Nunn's technique in association with a transannular patch for the complete repair of the tetralogy of Fallot.

Methods: In total, 21 patients were treated between September 2008 and February 2010. Their ages ranged from 7 months to 15 years (median 12 months) and weights from 6.