RT Book, Section
A1 O'Connor, Matthew J.
A1 Goldberg, David J.
A1 Rychik, Jack
A2 Gleason, Marie Murphy
A2 Rychik, Jack
A2 Shaddy, Robert
SR Print(0)
ID 56747028
T1 Chapter 10. Single-Ventricle Congenital Heart Disease
T2 Pediatric Practice: Cardiology
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-176320-2
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56747028
RD 2024/04/23
AB In  general,  the  most  complex  forms  of  congenital  heart  disease  (CHD)  fall  into  the  category  of  single-ventricle  defects.  Only  in  recent  decades  has  survival  beyond  the  neonatal  period  become  the  norm  in  the  developed  world,  owing  to  a  number  of  factors,  namely  the  introduction  of  prostaglandin  infusion,  innovative  surgical  strategies  such  as  the  Norwood  procedure,  accurate  postnatal  noninvasive  assessment  through  echocardiography,  and  improvements  in  prenatal  diagnosis.  Today,  surgical  palliation  of  single-ventricle  CHD  is  expected  to  result  in  favorable  short-  and  long-term  outcomes  into  early  adulthood  for  most  patients.  With  the  improvement  in  survival  in  recent  decades,  attention  is  now  being  turned  toward  optimizing  long-term  outcomes  and  addressing  the  many  functional  limitations  still  experienced  by  survivors  of  single-ventricle  CHD.