Primary Repair of Aortopulmonary Window with an Interrupted Aortic Arch in a Very Low-Birth-Weight Premature Neonate
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Toru Okamura • Mitsugi Nagashima • Fumiaki Shikata
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
The aortopulmonary window concomitant with an interrupted aortic arch is a rare occurrence. We successfully performed an emergency one-stage surgical repair of the aortopulmonary window (type 1) concomitant with an interrupted aortic arch (type A) in the case of a very low-birth-weight (1230-g) premature 2-day-old neonate. We describe the diagnosis, surgery, and postoperative course of this rare occurrence
Pediatr Cardiol (2011) 32:221–223 DOI 10.1007/s00246-010-9844-0 Received: 8 October 2010 / Accepted: 1 November 2010 / Published online: 17 November 2010