PRIMARY REPAIR OF INTERRUPTED AORTIC-ARCH AND ASSOCIATED HEART LESIONS IN NEWBORNS

Primary repair of interrupted aortic arch and associated heart lesions was performed in 13 patients aged from 1 to 85 days. The surgery was performed through the midline sternotomy approach in extracorporeal ci rculation and deep hypothermia Hypothermic circulatory arrest at 14 to 19 degrees C was used for reconstruction of the aortic arch. In all p atients it was possible to perform a direct anastomosis between the as cendent and descendent aorta. At the same time closure of the ventricu lar septal defect was performed in 11 patients, closure of the atrial septal defect in 4, correction of persistent truncus arteriosus in 3, resection of subaortic stenosis in 2, arterial switch repair of transp osition of the great arteries in 1, correction of double outlet right ventricle in 1 and patch closure of aortico-pulmonary window in 1 pati ent. Three (23.1%) newborns died in the early postoperative period: tw o from sepsis and one from multiple organ failure, Ten patients (76,9% ) were followed up for 1 to 29 months postoperatively. All of them are in very good condition with a nonrestrictive aortic anastomosis. Prim ary one-stage repair of interrupted aortic arch and associated heart: lesions is preferred to the two-stage repair in all newborns with this critical congenital heart disease.