Background: Treatment of newborns with univentricular hemodynamics in combination with an anomaly of pulmonary venous return has the worst correction results in modern cardiac surgical papers. According to the data obtained by different authors, postoperative mortality in this cohort of patients varies from 41.7 to 53%.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: A combination of coarctation of aorta with various severity of distal arch hypoplasia frequently occurs in newborns. Traditional techniques in the neonatal period such as extended end-to-end anastomosis or inner curve patch are controversial. Arch geometry has a marked role in long-term outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe application of the 3D printing approach in medicine is currently becoming increasingly popular. The management of fetuses and newborns with congenital heart defects is often difficult, primarily due to the complexity of the anatomy. Here we report a newborn with a complex congenital malformation (absent pulmonary valve syndrome associated with tetralogy of Fallot), which could be clinically interpreted in different ways.
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