Congenital Hyperlipidemia in Infants for Congenital Cardiac Surgery

Abstract

Infants with concurrent severe hypertriglyceridemia and complex congenital heart disease are a rare occurrence and can have life-threatening consequences when undergoing surgical intervention. This case series outlines two instances involving infants undergoing total anomalous pulmonary venous connection repair and surgical closure of a ventricular septal defect. The study explores troubleshooting the effects of hypertriglyceridemia on perioperative outcomes.

Keywords

• congenital heart disease
• infant
• lipoprotein lipase deficiency
• pediatric cardiac surgery
• cardiopulmonary bypass
• severe hypertriglyceridemia