[Left ventricular function in children after successful repair of aortic coarctation].

Introduction And Objectives: Lifetime prognosis following successful repair of aortic coarctation can be affected by a number of late complications. The objective of this study was to assess left ventricular function in these patients and to identify factors that predispose to functional abnormalities.

Methods: The study involved patients who had undergone repair of aortic coarctation and who had a pressure gradient pound 15 mmHg after repair and normal systemic blood pressure.

[Echocardiographic diagnosis of anomalous origin of one pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta].

Objective: To present our experience in the echocardiographic diagnosis of anomalous origin of one pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta (AOPA). To analyze its clinical presentation, treatment and outcomes with special emphasis in the echocardiographic data.

Method: We reviewed restrospectively the clinical, hemodynamic data, and surgical findings of patients with an echocardiographic diagnosis of AOPA studied in the Hospital Infantil of Mexico "Federico Gomez" from 1991 to 2002.