| Abstract: | ![]()
In the period of 1980 to February 1988, 60 patients aged 1 year 7 months to 23.5 years were operated on for concordant atrioventricular linkage and origin of the aorta and pulmonary artery from the right ventricle. Sixty-two heart specimens were examined to study the defect anatomy. The left ventricular outlet opened up in the subaortic cone (Type A defect) in 47 (78.3%) patients, in the common subaortic and subpulmonary cone (Type B) in 8 (13.4%) patients, in the subpulmonary cone (Type C) in 3 (5%) patients; 2 (3.3%) subjects exhibited nonconcomitant ventricular septal defect (Type D). Thirty-four (56%) patients had pulmonary stenosis. Concomitant heart diseases were found in 78%. Fifteen patients (25%) underwent radical operation after prior palliative interventions. The total fatal cases were 13.7% (out of 58 operated patients, 8 died) in the group of radically operated patients. The fatal outcomes were observed in Type A defect. The analysis showed that defect correction techniques, age, prior palliative interventions, presence or absence of pulmonary stenosis, concurrent heart diseases, and restrictive ventricular septal defect failed to affect the immediate result of surgeries. An inaccurate preoperative diagnosis and lack of surgical experiment were factors increasing the risk for correction from 1980 to 1986. In the 2 years, the death rates decreased from 17.9% (7 dead patients per 39 operated ones) to 5.3% (1 dead patient per 19 radically operated ones). |
