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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 55, 43-48, Copyright © 1993 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection in neonates and young infants: repair in the current era

A Cobanoglu and VD Menashe
Division of Cardiopulmonary Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201-3098.

Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection has been one of the more challenging congenital heart defects in newborns and young infants despite improvements in surgical technique, cardiac anesthesia, neonatal myocardial preservation, and postoperative care. Since 1981, 30 patients with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection have undergone primary total correction. Mean age at operation was 28 +/- 6 days and mean weight, 3.3 +/- 0.7 kg. Essential features of the surgical approach in these small patients included early surgical intervention, profound hypothermia with total circulatory arrest, cardioplegic myocardial preservation, and a wide posterior anastomosis. Operative mortality was 13% +/- 6%. All four deaths were in patients having emergency operation within 24 hours of the surgical consult and requiring ventilator support preoperatively. The mean follow-up is 47 +/- 7 months. There have been two late deaths, and the 7-year survival rate is 79% +/- 8%. There have been two reoperations, and 91% +/- 6% of the patients are reoperation free at 7 years. Only 1 of the 24 surviving patients is symptomatic. Growth in survivors is closely monitored. The height growth percentile is less than 5% in 15% +/- 8% of survivors and the weight growth percentile, less than 5% in 17 +/- 8%. During the past decade, with a consistent surgical approach to neonates and infants with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection, it has been possible to achieve low early mortality, low attrition, and excellent late results.

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