Pre and post-operative findings in 18 cases of congenital heart disease treated by open heart surgery and cardiopulmonary bypass - abstract
West Indian med. j
; 20(4): 257, Dec. 1971.
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ABSTRACT
The main purpose of this paper is to review the results of open heart surgery at the University Hospital of the West Indies in the past three years. 18 patients with congenital heart disease have had corrective surgery performed. The mean age at operation was 14.8 years ranging from 6.8 to 28 years. Seven of the patients were under 12 years and all but two 18 years or under at the same time of surgery Five patients have had total correction of the Tetralogy of Fallot. Four of them, including a girls of 12 1/2 years who had pulmonary embolus one month after operation, are well at follow-up. One patient, a girl of 11 years, who was operated on in June, 1970, had evidence of right ventricular failure for six months, but when last seen was well although signs of tricuspid incompetence persist. Four patients with atrial septal defect, including one with an ostium primum defect and mitral incompetence, are well at follow-up with no evidence of heart disease. Four patients with ventricular septal defect have had their defect repaired. Two of these had significant pulmonary hypertension pre-operatively and one of these developed a leak post-operatively and has required a second operation. Four cases of pulmonary stenosis (two valvular, one infundibular and one both valvular and infundibular) have been corrected and all these patients are now well and active. A young woman of 27 who was thought on cardiac catheterization to have pulmonary stenosis, was found at operation to have a double outlet right ventricle and infundibular stenosis. Right and left outflow tract reconstruction carried out and although she had a stormy post-operative course was well when last seen. Pre- and post-operative electrocardiographic and radiological data will also be presented (AU)
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Ponte Cardiopulmonar
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Cardiopatias Congênitas
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Ano de publicação:
1970
Tipo de documento:
Article
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Congress and conference