title: [Aortic coarctation and complex heart disease. Surgical treatment during the first year of life].
abstract: During the five years 1990 through 1994, 70 neonates and infants had surgery for coarctation of the aorta. 30 patients with complex coarctation of the aorta underwent a first stage correction with supplementary ductus ligation and pulmonary artery banding as needed. The mode of surgical repair of coarctation was end-to-end anastomosis in ten patients and patch graft in 20 patient. Mean follow-up was 766 (range 3-1812) days. Mortality after primary procedure was 16.6% (5/30) and after secondary procedure 11.1% (2/18). Three surviving patient developed recoarctation, but only one patients needed re-operation. In spite of improvement in neonatal cardiac surgery, we conclude that a staged approach is still the current treatment in most cases of complex coarctation of the aorta.
authors.affiliation: Kirurgisk avdeling A, Rikshospitalet, Oslo.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Fiane
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Lindberg
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Seem
authors.forename: O R
authors.initials: OR
authors.lastname: Geiran
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012086:Reoperation