Complete Repair of Coarctation of the Aorta and a Ventricular Septal Defect in a Low Birth Weight Neonate.
- Author:
Jae Gun KWAK
1
;
Jae Hyun JUN
;
Jae Suk YOO
;
Woong Han KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sejong General Hospital, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Neonate;
Infant, premature;
Heart surgery;
Aortic coarctation;
Ventricular septal defect
- MeSH:
Aortic Coarctation;
Cardiopulmonary Bypass;
Heart Diseases;
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular;
Humans;
Infant, Low Birth Weight;
Infant, Newborn;
Infant, Premature;
Thoracic Surgery
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2008;41(4):480-483
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Even though some authors have reported on the advantages of early total correction of complex heart disease, for low birth weight premature neonates, most surgeons prefer a multi-step approach to early total correction due to the many problems, such as the technical problems, the cardiopulmonary bypass management and etc. 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 1,250 gram premature neonate.
