[Surgical therapy of congenital cardiovascular abnormalities. Palliation, correction, transplantation]

Thanks to new and further developments of surgical procedures, it has now become possible to provide surgical treatment for any form of congenital heart defect. For some procedures, however, long-term results are not yet available. In this review, currently accepted basic principles of modern surgical treatment of congenital heart disease are discussed. On the basis of the most common anomalies, the various surgical techniques (palliation, correction and heart transplantation) are considered.