Comparisons of perventricular device closure, conventional surgical repair, and transcatheter device closure in patients with perimembranous ventricular septal defects: a network meta-analysis

Abstract Background Treatments for perimembranous ventricular septal defects (pmVSD) mainly include conventional surgical repair (CSR), transcatheter device closure (TDC), and perventricular device closure (PDC). We aimed to perform a network meta-analysis to compare the three approaches in patients...

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Main Authors: Dongxu Li, Xu Zhou, Mengsi Li, Qi An
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:BMC Surgery
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12893-020-00777-w