title: [Bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis in palliative surgical treatment of complex congenital heart defects].
abstract: Bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis was used during the past six years for palliative treatment of 34 children with complex cardiac disease with a low pulmonary blood flow and a functional common ventricle. The age at the time of operation was 5 months to 16 years (median 55 months). Two children (5.9%) died soon after operation and one patient died in conjunction with reoperation seven months later. After operation a significant increase of saturation and decrease of the haematocrit occurred in all patients. The condition of 31 patients during an out-patient check-up 2-64 months after operation was satisfactory and postoperative examinations revealed a satisfactory function of the anastomosis.
authors.affiliation: Kardiocentrum, Fakultní nemocnice v Motole, Praha.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Horváth
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hucín
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Reich
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bartáková
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Janousek
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Skovránek
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chaloupecký
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Honĕk
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010166:Palliative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000601:surgery*