Abstract
Intelligent management of a ventricular septal defect necessitates full analysis of the size of the defect, the shunt across it and the status of the pulmonary vasculature. Only patients with moderate or large defects with appreciably increased pulmonary blood flow deserve surgery. Those with small left-to-right shunts, with or without pulmonary vascular disease, should be managed medically.
- Copyright © 1964 by the American Academy of Pediatrics
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