title: Single-stage repair of complete atrioventricular septal defect and coarctation of the aorta in neonate.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Sakakibara Heart Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Mariko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Yukihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: Yasuho
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hatai
authors.forename: In-Sam
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
mesh_terms: 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