The management of aortopulmonary window: advantages of transaortic closure with a dacron patch.
Since 1970, 7 patients varying in age between 1 month and 3 years have had successful correction of an aortopulmonary septal defect. Three of these patients had associated cardiac lesions which were repaired at the same time. Extracorporeal circulation was used in 3 patients and profound hypothermia with limited extracorporeal circulation in 4. In 5 patients the defect was closed with a Dacron patch through a transaortic approach. The advantages of this method are discussed.
D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation; D011859:Radiography
D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates