[Diagnosis and treatment of interrupted aortic arch: report of 6 cases]

Six patients with interrupted aortic arch were operated on from Nov. 1986 to Jun. 1992. 4 patients were type A and 2 type B. The result was good except a patients of type A died early after operation. Two-stage operation was performed for 4 patients of type A, and 2 patients of type B accepted posterolateral incision. The aortic arch was constructed with artificial vessel. Cardiopulmonary bypass was set up with patients lying on back, then PDA was ligated and VSD closed. Pulmonary artery trunk reconstruction and VSD closing were performed. Three months after operation a patient died of septicemia caused by infection of incision.