Coarctation of the aorta: surgical management in infancy--results in 72 patients (author's transl)

Early and late results of a total of 72 infants operated for coarctation of the aorta are reported. Operative repair included various methods (End-to-End, Vossschulte, Clagett, Shumaker, Waldhausen, Blalock). Isolated coarctation was present in 6 infants, 17 also had patent ductus arteriosus, 39 pat...

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Published inThoraxchirurgie und vaskuläre Chirurgie Vol. 26; no. 4; p. 223
Main Authors Regensburger, D, Kirchhoff, P G, Rastan, H, Willhardt, C
Format Journal Article
LanguageGerman
Published Germany 01.08.1978
Subjects
Age Factors
Aortic Coarctation - complications
Aortic Coarctation - mortality
Aortic Coarctation - surgery
Ductus Arteriosus, Patent - complications
Germany, West
Heart Defects, Congenital - complications
Humans
Infant
Infant Mortality
Methods
Time Factors
Germany, West
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Summary:Early and late results of a total of 72 infants operated for coarctation of the aorta are reported. Operative repair included various methods (End-to-End, Vossschulte, Clagett, Shumaker, Waldhausen, Blalock). Isolated coarctation was present in 6 infants, 17 also had patent ductus arteriosus, 39 patients had additional associated cardiac anomalies, part of which were combined with PDA. Out of the 72 infants 17 died (early mortality: 11, late mortality: 6). The highest mortality rate was found among the 0 to 3 months age group (11 patients). Fourteen out of the 17 deceased patients had additional cardiac anomalies. Out of the 55 survivals, 37 patients showed good results, restenosis was found in 13 patients, 5 patients had to be reoperated due to severe restenosis.
ISSN:0040-6384