Method: 14 patients (9 boys and 5 girls; aged 10.5 ± 6.8, weight 26.0 ± 12.9) who were undergoing minimally invasive closure of VSD using short skin incision (3 cm to 6 cm) by lower partial sternotomy and setting up peripheral Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) through femoral artery and vein.