[Technics of anesthesia and hypothermia for the infant. Choice of replacement fluid for the circuit]

Sixty-five infants were submitted to complete repairment of a congenital cardiopathy under profound hypothermia and ECC. Description of the preparation of the young surgical patient, of the anesthesia, of the technique of ECC. The overall mortality was 35.5 p. 100. The hypothermia induced by ECC, does not introduce any supplementary risks as long as strict technical rules are respected.