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6872183

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3 Pt 2
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-9-20
pubmed:abstractText
Between August 1980 and July 1982, 70 children were operated on for congenital heart defects without the use of cardiac catheterization and/or angiocardiography (7.5% of the total of 929 operations). The diagnosis was established by clinical examination, chest x-ray, electrocardiography, and comprehensive cross-sectional echocardiography. The following lesions were repaired: coarctation of the aorta in infancy (n = 28), total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage (n = 6), aortic valvular/subvalvular lesions (n = 11), mitral and tricuspid valve lesions (n = 4), simple transposition of the great arteries (n = 3), vegetations (n = 3), persistent truncus arteriosus (n = 2), and others (n = 13). Three diagnostic errors occurred, and in four children the initial diagnosis was not complete. No child died as a consequence of an error or incomplete diagnosis, and in only one instance was an inappropriate operation carried out (abdominal coarctation of the aorta). We conclude that operation on selected patients can be safely performed on the basis of noninvasive investigation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0009-7322
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
68
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
II129-38
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Surgery for congenital heart defects diagnosed with cross-sectional echocardiography.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't