Complete Repair of Coarctation of the Aorta and a Ventricular Septal Defect in a 1,480 g Low Birth Weight Neonate.
10.5090/kjtcs.2011.44.2.183
- Author:
Hongkyu LEE
1
;
Joon Yong CHO
;
Gun Jik KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyungpook University Hospital, Korea. jycho@knu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Neonate;
Infant, low birth weight;
Aortic coarctation;
Heart septal defect, ventricle
- MeSH:
Aortic Coarctation;
Body Weight;
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular;
Humans;
Infant, Low Birth Weight;
Infant, Newborn;
Infant, Very Low Birth Weight;
Risk Factors;
Thoracic Surgery
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2011;44(2):183-185
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Although outcomes of neonatal cardiac surgery have dramatically improved in the last two decades, low body weight still constitutes an important risk factor for morbidity and mortality. In particular, cardiac surgery in neonates with very low birth weight (< or =1.5 kg) is carried out with greater risk because most organ systems are immature. We report here on a successful case of early one-stage total repair of coarctation of the aorta and a ventricular septal defect in a 1,480 gram neonate.
