[Modern computer data base "necropsy protocol": potential and prospects].

Basic principles in developing computer variant of necropsy protocol with wide illustrative possibilities are presented. Perspectives in the use of this information base for research and practice and for teaching the staff of the research and clinical institutions are demonstrated.

[Surgical tactics in critical stenosis and atresia of the pulmonary artery with intact interventricular septum in infants under 1 year of age].

The article analyses experience in surgical treatment of critical stenosis and atresia of the pulmonary artery with an intact interventricular septum in 53 infants. The patients were divided into two groups: group A--26 patients with a hypoplastic cavity of the right ventricle (RV), and group B--27 patients with a normal RV cavity. In group A, 15 patients underwent transpulmonary valvulotomy in combination with subclavian-pulmonary anastomosis by means of a Gortex prosthesis, 6 were subjected to isolated transpulmonary valvulotomy, and 5 patients underwent reconstruction of the RV outlet tract under conditions of extracorporeal circulation.

[Causes of death in patients with coarctation of the aorta operated on after the age of 35].

The article analyses the causes of death of 60 patients with coarctation of the aorta who were operated on after the age of 35 in the period between 1962 and 1988. In the immediate postoperative period the mortality was 8.3%.

[Diagnosis of hypoplasia of the heart ventricles: role of morphometry and morphology in its assessment].

The article deals with the results of the study of the quantitative anatomy and morphology of hypoplastic ventricles. The object of study were 28 specimens of the heart: 15 with hypoplasia of the left ventricle and 13 with hypoplasia of the right ventricle. The control group was composed of 10 specimens of normal hearts.

[Angiocardiographic and echocardiographic diagnosis of complete transposition of great vessels in association with pathology of the aorta].

The article analyses experience in the diagnosis of a pathological condition of the aorta in complete transposition of the great vessels (CTGV) in infants. Pathology of the aorta was revealed in 9 (2.6%) of the 350 patients who were examined.