[Surgical treatment of coarctation of the aorta and interrupted aortic arch].

From December, 1984, through April, 1987, ten infants with coarctation of the aorta and six with interrupted aortic arch underwent staged repair of aorta and other cardiac lesions. Simultaneous pulmonary artery banding was performed in six of 8 patients with ventricular septal defect (VSD) and in all of seven patients with complex cardiac lesions. With first operation, there were no operative deaths and two late deaths. Eight of 14 survivors underwent total correction of associated lesions at three to 17 months after initial operation. VSD was closed in five patients with one operative death. One patient required pulmonary artery debanding alone because of decrease of VSD size. The Damus-Kaye-Stansel operation was performed successfully in one patient with Taussig-Bing anomaly and the Jatene operation was done in one with transposition of the great arteries. Based on these results, we prefer staged repair with pulmonary artery banding for coarctation or interruption of the aorta associated with complex cardiac lesions.