[Cortriatriatum: of six operated patients report]

Six cases of cortriatriatum operated between January 1990 and April 2004. Their ages ranged from 3 months to 22 years. Associated lesions are present in 4 patients. They consisted mostly of interatrial defects. The echocardiography has been considered the procedure of choice for the diagnosis. Results of surgery were excellent for all patient with a mean follow up of 5 years

Congenital Abdominal Infra Renal Aortic Anenrysm in infants

Abdominal aortic aneurysm is extremely rare in infant and is generally due to infection, umbilical artery catheterization. vasculitis, connective tissue diseases and tuberous sclerosis. At the absence of these evident causes, it is a congenital primary aortic aneurysm which is exceedingly rare and only a few cases have of which have been reported. Here we report two cases of aortic wall reconstruction done by a Goretex patch. The immediate result is excellent with a reestablishment of the femoral pulse and an excellent Doppler control The problem which we may face in the future is probably the aortic out come with this Goretex patch a continaons follow up of these patients is necessary

[Chronic aortic regurgitation with left ventricular dysfonction]

We studied fifty one patients [40 men and 11 women] undergoing valve replacement from 1990 to 2002 for aortic regurgitation and had left ventricular dysfunction. 45% patients were in class III or IV of New York Heart Association [NYHA]. All patients were investigated by echocardiography [left ventricular ejection fraction [LVEF] <50%] - Peroperative mortality was 5.8% due to myocardial failure. 81.4% of survivors were followed during a mean period of 24 months [rangies from 3 to 67 months] after valve replacement