title: Operative repair for tricuspid atresia.
abstract: Twelve patients with tricuspid atresia underwent physiological operative repair. The criteria for their selection for operation included normal pulmonary vascular resistance and normal left atrial and left ventricular end-diastolic pressures. Four patients died (30% mortality). The 8 surviving patients developed pleural effusion, ascites, and hepatomegaly, which markedly improved in the subsequent weeks. Five of the 8 survivors underwent cardiac catheterization. The arterial oxygen saturation in these patients averaged 82% preoperatively, 89% immediately postoperatively, and 94% or better six months later. All had improved subjectively and developed increased exercise tolerance.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000637:transplantation*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D005082:Physical Exertion; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous; D014264:Tricuspid Valve Stenosis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000401:mortality
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen