THE RESULTS OF OPEN-HEART OPERATIONS PERFORMED ON CHILDREN.
From December 1, 1959, to January 1, 1965, a total of 166 children have undergone 168 open-heart operations at The Children's Hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba.While this series is not a large one, the defects encountered include most of those cardiac abnormalities which are amenable to open-heart correction in children.For all operations a Kay-Cross disc oxygenator was employed. In 42 of the 168 operations, hypothermia (25-30 degrees C.) was also used and was obtained by a Brown-Harrison heat exchanger incorporated into the arterial line.The smallest infant survivor in this series of patients weighed 8 lb. 14 oz. at the time of her operation.Of the 166 children operated upon 149 have survived, an overall survival rate of 89.8%.
D000293:Adolescent; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002648:Child; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital; D006343:Heart Septal Defects; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular; D007223:Infant; D008350:Manitoba; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency; D010106:Oxygenators; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot; D013903:Thoracic Surgery
ADOLESCENCE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CHILD; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HEART SURGERY; INFANT; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT