EFFECT OF OLDER AGE ON OUTCOME FOR STAGE ONE PALLIATION OF HYPOPLASTIC LEFT-HEART SYNDROME

Authors
ROSSI AF SOMMER RJ STEINBERG LG GROSS RP SEIDEN HS GOLINKO RJ GRIEPP RB
Citation
Af. Rossi et al., EFFECT OF OLDER AGE ON OUTCOME FOR STAGE ONE PALLIATION OF HYPOPLASTIC LEFT-HEART SYNDROME, The American journal of cardiology, 77(4), 1996, pp. 319
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
77
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1996)77:4<319:EOOAOO>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Records of 39 infants who underwent stage 1 palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome were reviewed for relation of age at operation to outcome. Stage I palliation was performed in 20 infants at age >2 wee ks without adversely affecting outcome.