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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-3-21
pubmed:abstractText
Ten patients underwent palliative surgery for interrupted aortic arch and severe subaortic obstruction due to posterior displacement of the conal septum. Their ages ranged between 4 and 28 days (mean, 11.0 +/- 7.7 days) and their weights, between 2.1 and 4.2 kg (mean, 2.85 +/- 0.6 kg). Preoperative echocardiography and cardiac catheterization were performed on all patients. The ratios of the left ventricular outflow tract diameters and the ascending aortic diameters to the descending aortic diameters were 0.56 +/- 0.03 and 0.56 +/- 0.06, respectively, compared with 0.81 +/- 0.12 and 0.95 +/- 0.17, respectively, in 20 patients with interrupted aortic arch but without obstruction (p less than 0.001). Four of the 10 patients underwent pulmonary artery banding and insertion of a bypass graft between the ascending and the descending aorta. All 4 died of low cardiac output soon after operation (100% operative mortality). The remaining 6 patients underwent banding and insertion of a graft between the main pulmonary artery proximal to the band, and the descending aorta. All of these patients survived, and all except 1 are doing well 3 months to 4 years postoperatively. The use of a pulmonary artery-descending aorta conduit and of distal pulmonary artery banding provides good palliation for patients with interrupted aortic arch and major subaortic stenosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0003-4975
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
45
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
174-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Surgical management of patients with interrupted aortic arch and severe subaortic stenosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL 60614.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't