The Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Inquest Report

 

Shalynn Piller - pre-operative heart
Shalynn Piller - post-operative heart
Shalynn Piller - pre-operative heart
1 - Atrial septal defect (or patent foramen ovale)
2 - Tricuspid valve with Ebstein's anomaly
3 - Aortic coarctation
4 - Patent ductus arteriosus
5 - Bicuspid aortic valve
6 - Malaligned ventricular septum with subaortic stenosis (mild)
7 - Ventricular septal defect
(Although two were diagnosed, only
one was found post-mortem)
8 - Right ventricular hypertrophy
Shalynn Piller - post-operative heart
1 - Coarctation repair of aortic arch by end-to-end anastomosis
2 - Ligation and division of patent ductus arteriosius
3 - Pulmonary artery band

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