Clinical Data The newborn, in heart failure with truncus arteriosus type I, underwent repair at 15 days of age, weighing 2800 g. of body weight, by the Barbero-Marcial technique. At that time, the right ventricular outflow tract was approached directly with the pulmonary trunk and a monocusp valve was placed in the pulmonary position. The evolution was adequate, with heart failure control, and he remained asymptomatic and showed normal physical development. The clinical examination ruled out residual lesions, such as […]

Background: Mitral valve repair in paediatric patients with chronic rheumatic heart disease is superior to valve replacement and has been used with good results. Objective: To identify predictors of unfavourable outcomes in children and adolescents submitted to surgical mitral valvuloplasty secondary to rheumatic heart disease. Methods: Retrospective study of 54 patients under the age of 16 operated at a tertiary paediatric hospital between March 2011 and January 2017. The predictors of risk for unfavourable outcomes were: age, ejection fraction, degree […]