[Severe cardiopathies of childhood. Diagnosis, early treatment and remote sequelae].
Long term follow-up data on 43 infants with life threatening cardiovascular anomalies treated at the University of Kansas Medical Center are presented. Our long term survival for the group has been 63% and palliative or corrective surgery was necessary in 67% of the cases. The importance of early diagnosis and the role played by surgery in the management of this group of cardiac anomalies have been emphasized.
D000367:Age Factors; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D013997:Time Factors
Le cardiopatie gravi dell'infanzia. Diagnosi, trattamento precoce e sequele a distanza.