Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. Pediatric cardiac surgery annual
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Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu · Jan 2007
ReviewIntraoperative echocardiography for atrioventricular canal: decision-making for surgeons.
Intraoperative echocardiography has become a standard patient management tool in the assessment of the patient undergoing surgical repair of a congenital cardiac defect. Over the past 15 years transesophageal echocardiography has emerged as an integral part of the intraoperative assessment of the congenital cardiac surgery patient. ⋯ Intracardiac defects are particularly suited to the strengths of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography because of the unobstructed windows that can be obtained. This article focuses on how intraoperative echocardiography can guide surgical decision-making in the patient undergoing repair of an atrioventricular canal defect.
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Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu · Jan 2007
The double patch repair for complete atrioventricularis communis.
This article is a review of our experience with the two-patch repair of complete atrioventricularis communis. From October 1988 through December 2005, 222 infants and children underwent surgery. ⋯ All patients survived second operations and no child required early or late mitral valve replacement. The two-patch repair is a reliable surgical technique resulting in low mortality and a low need for reoperation.