Aims: This study sought to investigate diagnostic accuracy of echocardiographic measures of great vessels in patients before bidirectional cavopulmonary connection (BCPC) compared with cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR).
Methods And Results: Seventy-two patients (61% after Norwood operation) undergoing BCPC between 2007 and 2012 were assessed pre-operatively using echocardiography and CMR. Bland-Altman analysis and correlation coefficients were used for comparison of echocardiography and CMR measurements.
Aortic arch thrombus is a rare occurrence in neonates. In the few described cases, this has mainly been associated with sepsis or early postnatal interventions, such as insertion of umbilical arterial line. We describe a case of occlusive aortic arch thrombus in a neonate who presented with signs of critical coarctation and successfully underwent surgical thrombectomy on deep hypothermic circulatory arrest.
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