Surgery for congenital heart disease.
Natural and postintervention studies have updated the expected outcomes for patients with pulmonary atresia with an intact ventricular septum, critical pulmonary stenosis, transposition of the great arteries, tricuspid atresia, and for recipients of pediatric transplants. Innovative surgical and nonsurgical procedures have been proposed for patients with systemic right ventricular failure, atrioventricular discordance, and coarctation of the aorta. This review highlights these and other important topics from this year's literature.
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Department of Thoracic and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195.
D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000502:physiology; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology; D015996:Survival Rate; D013536:Suture Techniques