Abstract
2/2013
vol. 10
CASE REPORTS
Emergency repair of the aortic arch in a premature newborn
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2013; 10 (2): 168–170
Online publish date: 2013/07/09
We present a case of a successful two-step surgical treatment of a low body weight premature newborn (weight of 1140 g) who underwent emergency surgical repair of aortic coarctation and closure of ventricular and atrial septal defects at the age of 7 months. In the end, the multi-staged strategy comprising the emergency repair of the coarctation and the subsequent intracardiac correction in the premature newborn turned out to be safe and effective. This may serve as encouragement to employ similar promising treatment methods for borderline low body mass newborns in the future.
Keywords
aortic coarctation, aortic arch hypoplasia, prematurity, congenital heart defects, pediatric cardiac surgery
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