Off-pump midline repair of coarctation of aorta when associated with intracardiac defects: an alternate approach for single-stage correction [CONGENITAL]

CONCLUSION Repair of coarctation and distal arch hypoplasia or type I arch interruption is feasible prior to the institution of cardiopulmonary bypass without the use of hypothermic circulatory arrest or regional cerebral perfusion, with acceptable and reproducible results.

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Source: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery - December 19, 2016 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Dutta, N., Ghosh, R., Awasthy, N., Girotra, S., Radhakrishnan, S., Shrivastava, S., Iyer, P. U., Iyer, K. S. Tags: CONGENITAL Source Type: research