Heart Center of the Rockies



	ANEURYSM AORTIC ROOT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT CARDIAC SURGERY CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR ROBOTIC-ASSISTED VALVE REPAIR/REPLACE VASCULAR SURGERY

Atrial Septal Defect Repair

Sometimes there is a hole between the two upper chambers of the heart. Open heart surgery is needed to repair this hole.

When the hole is small, the defect is repaired with a stitch. If it is large, a patch of material is placed over the hole and stitched into place. This material may be synthetic or the patient's own tissue.