Early Postoperative Results after Subclavian Flap Aortoplasty of Coarctation of the Thoracic Aorta in Infancy

• Published in: Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 117 - 121
• Main Authors: FUKASAWA, Manabu, ORITA, Hiroyuki, ABE, Hiromasa, INUI, Kiyoshige, HIROOKA, Shigeki, WASHIO, Masahiko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: The Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery 1992

Fourteen cases (ranged 4 days to 5 months old, mean=40 days old) of coarctation of thoracic aorta underwent subclavian flap aortoplasty were between Jan. 1986 and Dec. 1990. Early postoperative course in these patients was reviewed retrospectively. In 9 cases of these patients, complex intracardiac...