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excellentsuccessformanyyears,andtheoperativemortalityisnowexpectedto
beessentiallyzeroincentersexperiencedinthesurgicalcorrectionofcongenital
cardiacmalformations.Thesurgicalapproachtodefectswithintheovalfossa
consistsofeitherdirectsutureorpatchclosure,dependingonthesizeofthe
opening(Video29.9).Whenasinusvenosusdefectispresent,apatchisalways
necessary.Itcanusuallybeplacedsoastoclosetheinteratrialcommunication
andatthesametimeredirectanomalouslydrainingpulmonaryveinsintotheleft
atrium(Video29.10).Perioperativecomplicationsarerare.Theyincludethe
postpericardiotomysyndromeandtransientarrhythmias.Airembolizationisan
uncommonbuttragiccomplication.Itismorelikelywhenarightlateral
thoracotomyisused,sincethisapproachmakestheevacuationofairmore
difficult.Obstructionatthesuperiorcavalveinmayrarelyoccurfollowingrepair
ofasuperiorsinusvenosusdefect,whereasamisplacedpatchduringtherepair
ofaninferiordefectmayresultincyanosisduetoshuntingfromtheinferior
cavalveintotheleftatrium.
Whenthisprocedureisperformedinapatient'schildhood,thelong-term
resultsofsurgeryareexcellentandresidualshuntsareveryrare.Resolutionof
cardiomegalyasseenonthechestradiographandofrightventricular
hypertrophyseenontheelectrocardiogramisexpected.Radiographicevidence
ofcardiacenlargementcanpersistinsomepatients,50ascanrightventricular
enlargementasrevealedbyechocardiography.93Actuarialsurvivalcalculated
over27yearsforpatientsundergoingsurgeryatlessthan24yearsofagewas
identicaltocontrols.37Incontrast,areviewofmorethan100patientswho
underwentsurgeryatlessthan14yearsofageandwerefollowedforanaverage
of14.5yearsrevealedrightventriculardilationin25%.94Numerousstudies
havealsoshownsurgicalinterventioninadults,eventhoseabove60yearsof
age,tobesafeandeffective.37,88,95–97Arrhythmias―includingsinusnodal
dysfunction,supraventriculartachycardia,andatrioventriculardisturbancesof
conduction―dooccasionallyoccuraftertherepairofatrialseptaldefects.39,50,98
Implantationofapacemakermayberequiredinasmallnumberofpatients.94,98
Theincidenceoftachyarrhythmias,particularlyatrialflutterorfibrillation,