Publications by authors named "D A Riopel"

We describe a 5-month-old infant who had fever of unknown origin leading to an exhaustive evaluation during a 7-week period. Fever caused by the use of furosemide was proved; the fever resolved after discontinuation of this medication and recurred after its reintroduction.

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Brief case histories of three patients who underwent cavopulmonary anastomosis 28, 27, and 26 years ago, respectively, are presented. From this limited sample the following conclusions may be drawn. (1) Long-term survival with good functional results in patients with complex congenital anomalies who undergo cavopulmonary shunting at an early age is possible.

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Excellent clinical results have been achieved by both resection with end to end anastomosis and synthetic patch aortoplasty for the repair of coarctation of the aorta in older children. Increasing experience with exercise stress testing in the postoperative evaluation of patients with coarctation has allowed the discovery of less obvious differences between the two procedures. To evaluate these differences further, the stress tests of 50 postoperative patients who underwent coarctation repair were reviewed: 26 patients with end to end anastomosis and 24 with synthetic patch aortoplasty.

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