Reoperation for congenital heart disease

선천성 심장기형에 대한 2차수술로서의 개심술

Between March 1978 and August 1985, 29 cases at various congenital heart diseases were reoperated because of remnant shunt of residual anomalies at Seoul National University Hospital. They were consisted of 10 cases of Tetralogy, 4 simple VSD, 6 complicated VSD. 3 partial ECD, and 5 other rare congenital anomalies. The interval between the initial and the second procedure ranged from 1 day to 122 months [mean; 26.9 months]. In 4 cases of them, the second procedure was done during initial hospitalization within 3 weeks post-operatively. The primary operation intended to be corrective surgery except four whose primary operation was palliative or exploratory one even though it was done with extracorporeal circulation. The indication for second operation was mainly residual shunt or valvular obstruction due to patch detachment or inadequate relief of stenotic lesion. Others were paravalvular leak, valvuloplasty failure, prosthetic valve failure, and inadequate primary diagnosis. Four patients were dead [14.3%]; three complicated VSD`s and one Tetralogy. There were 7 cases of nonfatal complication with subsequent improvement except one [diffuse cerebral dysfunction].