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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003;23:136-137
© 2003 Elsevier Science NL

Letter to the Editor

Reply to Caffarena and Gómez-Ulate

Denver Children's Hospital, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA

Received 18 September 2002; accepted 27 September 2002.

Key Words: Double outlet right ventricle • Non-committed ventricular septal defect

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I thank Dr Jose Caffarena and Dr Gómez-Ullate for their comments on our article on DORV non-committed VSD.

Taussig-Bing and DORV non-committed VSD are surgically very different entities, the DORV non-committed VSD repair being a lot more challenging.

It seems there is a semantic confusion in the definition of perimembranous VSD coming from the vague definition given by many authors using the term subarterial or subaortic VSD to describe perimembranous VSD. When the aorta is far away, it seems that there is difficulty in distinguishing perimembranous VSD from inlet VSD. The definition of the membranous septum is independent from the aortic annulus. . . . [Full Text of this Article]