Single-stage repair of complete atrioventricular septal defect and coarctation of the aorta in neonate.
Controversy over patients with complete atrioventricular septal defect (CAVSD) and coarctation of the aorta (CoA) continues: whether they should be treated with a primary total correction or a staged approach utilizing initial pulmonary artery banding during neonatal period. A 17-day-old neonate with Down's syndrome underwent definitive repair of CAVSD and CoA. With the postoperative course uneventful, he was discharged from the hospital on 19th postoperative day. Single-stage repair of CAVSD and CoA appears to offer a good prognosis provided that valve morphology is amenable to repair.
Kobayashi
Mariko
M
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Sakakibara Heart Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
Takahashi
Yukihiro
Y
Ando
Makoto
M
Hatai
Yasuho
Y
Park
In-Sam
IS
Kikuchi
Toshio
T
D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013504:Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006343:Heart Septal Defects / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome