Ginnie Abarbanell1, William L. Border2, Brian Schlosser2, Gemma Morrow2, Michael Kelleman2, Ritu Sachdeva2
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.13, No.3, pp. 476-482, 2018, DOI:10.1111/chd.12599
Abstract Objective: It is unclear whether neonates with interrupted aortic arch (IAA) and a smaller left ventricular outflow tract may have improved outcomes with a Yasui operation (ventricular outflow
bypass procedure) over a primary complete repair. This study sought to identify preoperative echocardiographic parameters to differentiate which neonates may have improved outcomes with a
primary vs Yasui operation.
Design: Patient demographics, cardiac surgery type, complications, need for reoperation and/or interventional catheterization, and date of last follow-up were collected on neonates who underwent a
biventricular repair for IAA from 2003 to 2014. Preoperative echocardiograms were analyzed for: IAA
type,… More >