Surgical correction of complete atrioventricular canal.
Operative mortality associated with complete atrioventricular canals has decreased from 75 per cent to as low as 10 per cent. The present report reviews the UCLA Hospital experience with the six children who underwent repair of this defect in the past two years. Emphasis is placed on preoperative assessment, operative technics, and postoperative management.
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced; D006343:Heart Septal Defects / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D011183:Postoperative Complications