Operative mortality and frequency of coexistent anomalies in interruption of the aortic arch.
Operative mortality for 262 infants with interruption of the aortic arch repaired from 1982 to June 1993 has remained constant at about 35%. Major coexistent cardiac malformations, type B interruption, or staged repair are risk factors for mortality.
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Pediatric Cardiac Care Consortium, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA.
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D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000401:mortality*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000401:mortality