Shunt failure linked to sharply higher mortality after newborn heart surgery
In a single-center review from Ankara, babies whose shunts failed had far higher mortality than those without failure. The analysis also found that preoperative hematocrit had some ability to distinguish shunt failure, while several pre- and postoperative factors were associated with neonatal death.
Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992)3 min read