Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult - 122 Cases Analysis -

성인의 선천성 심질환;122례 분석

Total 632 cases of open heart surgery were performed in the department of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, Pusan Paik Hospital, Inje University from october 1985 to december 1990. Among them, there were 503 cases of congenital heart disease and 129 cases of acquired heart disease. In the cases of 503 congenital heart disease surgically corrected, 122 cases over 15 years of age were reviewed and its results were summarized as follows ; l. In total 122 cases 65 were male and 52 female. 2. There were 54 patients under 20 years of age, 31 between 20 & 24 years, 20 between 25 & 29 and 17 over 30 years of age. The eldest was a 46-year-old female of atrial septal defect group. 3. There were 63 cases of VSD[51.7%], 38 of ASD[31.2%], 11 cases of TOF[9%] and so on. 4. In recovery cases, main post-operative complications were as follows; cardiac tamponade, arrhythmia, low cardiac output syndrome, pulmonary, edema pericarditis, mediastinitis, sepsis and DIC. 5. There were 3 cases of post-operative death in this series, so operative mortality rate was 2.5% compairing with 1.8% of pediatric cases below 15 years of age. 6. This reviewed series reveal that aggressive surgical approach in adult congenital heart disease can be justified with low operative mortality like as pediatric age group.