Abstract |
Eighteen patients with complete atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD) were found to have either associated tetralogy (n = 15) or pulmonary atresia (n = 3). Their pre- and post-operative course was reviewed focusing attention on risk factors for complete repair. These included right ventricular (RV) hypoplasia, identified by cineangiographic volume determinations in two cases (11%) and inadequate pulmonary artery size in one patient. In the 2 cases with RV hypoplasia and in one case, in whom all chordae of the AV valve were connected to a single right ventricular papillary muscle (AVSD type Rastelli B), complete repair was not feasible. In addition, angiography revealed coronary artery variations in 5/18 (28%), which did not preclude surgical repair. Palliative surgery was undertaken in 10 patients and complete repair carried out in five. Six of 18 patients died, 2 among those after complete repair.
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Authors | M Vogel, U Sauer, K Bühlmeyer, F Sebening |
Journal | The Journal of cardiovascular surgery
(J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino))
Vol. 30
Issue 1
Pg. 34-9
( 1989)
ISSN: 0021-9509 [Print] Italy |
PMID | 2925775
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Cardiac Volume
- Female
- Heart Septal Defects
(complications, diagnostic imaging, mortality, surgery)
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Male
- Pulmonary Valve
(abnormalities)
- Radiography
- Risk Factors
- Tetralogy of Fallot
(complications)
- Ventricular Outflow Obstruction
(complications, diagnostic imaging, mortality, surgery)
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