title: [Surgery without catheterization of aortic coarctation in newborn infants and infants under 3 years of age].
abstract: A retrospective study of 150 children under 3 months of age who underwent repair of coarctation of the aorta in the same center (between 1972 and 1987) was undertaken to assess the problems posed by surgery without cardiac catheterisation or angiography. The patients were divided into two groups: Group A, comprising 104 children operated after invasive investigations, and Group B, comprising 46 children operated on Doppler echocardiographic data alone. The two populations were comparable and "hypoplastic aortic arch" type coarctation was present in over 60% of cases. However, there were more ventricular septal defects in Group B (67.5%) than in Group A (49%). There were no significant diagnostic errors in Group B (one case of interrupted aortic arch diagnosed at surgery). The 1 month survival was the same in the two groups (82%). The indications of pulmonary artery banding were less frequent in Group B although there were more ventricular septal defects in these patients. These results confirm the value of Doppler echocardiography in the context of urgent surgery of congenital heart disease.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital cardiovasculaire et pneumologique Louis-Pradel, Lyon.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Guy
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bozio
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sassolas
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Champsaur
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ninet
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Senellart
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: André
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Normand
mesh_terms: D000790:Angiocardiography; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate
vernacular_title: Chirurgie sans cathétérisme de la coarctation de l'aorte chez le nouveau-né et le nourrisson de moins de trois mois.