[Surgical correction of acute congenital cardiopathies in the newborn infant].

The experience of the Cardiac Surgery Service at the Hospital del Niño IMAN with the deep hypothermia method and hemodynamic arrest is shown in 30 infants with severe congenital cardiac malformations. The procedures followed before and during the operation are carefully described in their three aspects; anesthesia, extracorporeal circulation and surgery, including postoperative care. Ventilatory assistance is stressed. Results are analyzed considering postoperative evolution; stress is made on the causes of morbidity and mortality. Considering the results of this and other similar reports, we believe that the deep hypothermia method and heart arrest in treating severe cardiac malformations in infants are of outstanding importance since they have significantly improved results in these problems.