SURVIVAL IN NEONATAL BIVENTRICULAR REPAIR OF LEFT-SIDED CARDIAC OBSTRUCTIVE LESIONS ASSOCIATED WITH HYPOPLASTIC LEFT-VENTRICLE

Patients with left ventricular hypoplasia and left-sided heart obstruc tive lesions other than critical aortic stenosis may be inappropriatel y Subjected to single ventricular repair because their assessment is b ased on faulty qualitative evaluations or on quantitative methods deve loped for critical aortic stenosis. Patients with left ventricular hyp oplasia and left-sided heart obstructions other than critical aortic s tenosis successfully underwent biventricular repair despite ''failing' ' to pass established criteria for critical aortic stenosis.