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Lee SM, Kwon JE, Song SH, Kim GB, Park JY, Kim BJ, Lee JH, Park CW, Park JS, Jun JK. Prenatal prediction of neonatal death in single ventricle congenital heart disease. Prenat Diagn 2016; 36:346-52. [DOI: 10.1002/pd.4787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2015] [Revised: 01/04/2016] [Accepted: 01/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Seung Mi Lee
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Seoul Metropolitan Government Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center; Seoul Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Seoul Metropolitan Government Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center; Seoul Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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Ross HJ, Law Y, Book WM, Broberg CS, Burchill L, Cecchin F, Chen JM, Delgado D, Dimopoulos K, Everitt MD, Gatzoulis M, Harris L, Hsu DT, Kuvin JT, Martin CM, Murphy AM, Singh G, Spray TL, Stout KK. Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support in Congenital Heart Disease. Circulation 2016; 133:802-20. [DOI: 10.1161/cir.0000000000000353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Stout KK, Broberg CS, Book WM, Cecchin F, Chen JM, Dimopoulos K, Everitt MD, Gatzoulis M, Harris L, Hsu DT, Kuvin JT, Law Y, Martin CM, Murphy AM, Ross HJ, Singh G, Spray TL. Chronic Heart Failure in Congenital Heart Disease. Circulation 2016; 133:770-801. [DOI: 10.1161/cir.0000000000000352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 219] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Bremen C, Campbell DN, Browne L, Jone PN. Multiple Coronary Artery Aneurysms of the Right Coronary Artery in Neonate with Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum. Echocardiography 2016; 33:936-938. [PMID: 26857432 DOI: 10.1111/echo.13191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum (PA/IVS) with right ventricular-dependent coronaries is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly. It has been associated with wide range of considerable anomalies including sinusoids, fistulae, coronary stenosis, or complete atresia. Coronary artery aneurysms in a neonate with PA/IVS have not been described. We report a case of neonate with pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum with giant coronary artery aneurysms.
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- Carlie Bremen
- Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado
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- Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado
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- Pediatric Radiology, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado
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- Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado
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Results of Palliation With an Initial Modified Blalock-Taussig Shunt in Neonates With Single Ventricle Anomalies Associated With Restrictive Pulmonary Blood Flow. Ann Thorac Surg 2015; 99:1639-46; discussion 1646-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.12.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2014] [Revised: 12/20/2014] [Accepted: 12/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Single Ventricle Palliation in Low Weight Patients Is Associated With Worse Early And Midterm Outcomes. Ann Thorac Surg 2015; 99:668-76. [DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.09.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2014] [Revised: 09/08/2014] [Accepted: 09/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Davies RR, Pizarro C. Decision-Making for Surgery in the Management of Patients with Univentricular Heart. Front Pediatr 2015; 3:61. [PMID: 26284226 PMCID: PMC4515559 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2015.00061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2015] [Accepted: 06/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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A series of technical refinements over the past 30 years, in combination with advances in perioperative management, have resulted in dramatic improvements in the survival of patients with univentricular heart. While the goal of single-ventricle palliation remains unchanged - normalization of the pressure and volume loads on the systemic ventricle, the strategies to achieve that goal have become more diverse. Optimal palliation relies on a thorough understanding of the changing physiology over the first years of life and the risks and consequences of each palliative strategy. This review describes how to optimize surgical decision-making in univentricular patients based on a current understanding of anatomy, physiology, and surgical palliation.
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- Ryan Robert Davies
- Nemours Cardiac Center, A. I. duPont Hospital for Children , Wilmington, DE , USA ; Thomas Jefferson University , Philadelphia, PA , USA
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- Nemours Cardiac Center, A. I. duPont Hospital for Children , Wilmington, DE , USA ; Thomas Jefferson University , Philadelphia, PA , USA
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Sakamoto I, Takemoto M, Nagao M, Yamamura K, Hiasa KI, Sunagawa K. Giant pulsatile coronary aneurysms associated with pulmonary atresia with an intact ventricular septum after a Fontan procedure. Circulation 2014; 130:e121-3. [PMID: 25266863 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.114.009631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Ichiro Sakamoto
- From the Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine (I.S., M.T., K.-i.H., K.S.), Molecular Imaging and Diagnosis (M.N.), Pediatrics (K.Y.), Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan; and Cardiovascular Center, Munakata Suikokai General Hospital, Fukutsu, Japan (M.T.)
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- From the Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine (I.S., M.T., K.-i.H., K.S.), Molecular Imaging and Diagnosis (M.N.), Pediatrics (K.Y.), Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan; and Cardiovascular Center, Munakata Suikokai General Hospital, Fukutsu, Japan (M.T.).
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- From the Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine (I.S., M.T., K.-i.H., K.S.), Molecular Imaging and Diagnosis (M.N.), Pediatrics (K.Y.), Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan; and Cardiovascular Center, Munakata Suikokai General Hospital, Fukutsu, Japan (M.T.)
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- From the Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine (I.S., M.T., K.-i.H., K.S.), Molecular Imaging and Diagnosis (M.N.), Pediatrics (K.Y.), Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan; and Cardiovascular Center, Munakata Suikokai General Hospital, Fukutsu, Japan (M.T.)
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- From the Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine (I.S., M.T., K.-i.H., K.S.), Molecular Imaging and Diagnosis (M.N.), Pediatrics (K.Y.), Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan; and Cardiovascular Center, Munakata Suikokai General Hospital, Fukutsu, Japan (M.T.)
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- From the Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine (I.S., M.T., K.-i.H., K.S.), Molecular Imaging and Diagnosis (M.N.), Pediatrics (K.Y.), Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan; and Cardiovascular Center, Munakata Suikokai General Hospital, Fukutsu, Japan (M.T.)
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Pulmonary atresia/intact ventricular septum: influence of coronary anatomy on single-ventricle outcome. Ann Thorac Surg 2014; 98:1371-7. [PMID: 25152382 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.06.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2014] [Revised: 05/28/2014] [Accepted: 06/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND We investigated the influence of coronary artery abnormalities on outcome in patients with pulmonary atresia/intact ventricular septum (PA-IVS) for planned single-ventricle palliation. METHODS Catheterization and medical records were reviewed in patients with PA-IVS for planned single-ventricle palliation at our institution between 2000 and 2012. Primary outcome was death or transplantation. Patients with confirmed or strong suspicion of stenosis in 2 or more main coronary arteries or coronary ostial atresia were defined as having right ventricle-dependent coronary circulation (RVDCC); those with stenosis of 1 main vessel or normal anatomy were defined as having non-RVDCC. RESULTS Of 58 patients with PA-IVS, 17 (30%) underwent single-ventricle palliation. Ten (59%) had RVDCC (3 with ostial atresia) and 7 (41%) had non-RVDCC. Median follow-up time was 8.2 years (0 months-11.3 years), with 1 patient in each group lost to follow-up. Five patients with RVDCC died, including the 3 patients with ostial atresia, and 1 underwent transplantation at 6 months of life. No deaths occurred after second-stage palliation. Three of the 4 surviving patients with RVDCC completed a Fontan operation, and 2 of these patients had evidence of cardiac ischemia on follow-up. No deaths occurred among patients with non-RVDCC. Kaplan-Meier analysis demonstrated significantly better survival in patients with non-RVDCC (100%) than in patients with RVDCC (40%) (p = 0.026). CONCLUSIONS In patients with PA-IVS undergoing single-ventricle palliation, RVDCC is associated with high early mortality, especially with coronary ostial atresia. There should be early consideration of transplantation in neonates with RVDCC. Patients with non-RVDCC undergoing single-ventricle palliation have excellent long-term outcomes, with no mortality seen in this series.
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Pediatric heart transplantation (HTx) remains an important treatment option in the care of children with end-stage heart disease, whether it is secondary to cardiomyopathy or congenital heart disease (CHD). As surgical outcomes for CHD have improved, the indications for pediatric HTx have had to be dynamic, not only for children with CHD but also for the growing population of adults with CHD. As the field of pediatric HTx has evolved, the outcomes for children undergoing HTx have improved. This is undoubtedly due to the continued research efforts of both single-center studies, as well as research collaboratives such as the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) and the Pediatric Heart Transplant Study (PHTS) group. Research collaboratives are increasingly important in pediatric HTx as single center studies for a limited patient population may not elicit strong enough evidence for practice evolution. Similarly, complications that limit the long term graft survival may occur in a minority of patients thus pooled experience is essential. This review focuses on the indications and outcomes for pediatric HTx, with a special emphasis on studies generated by these research collaboratives.
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- Philip T Thrush
- 1 The Heart Center, Nationwide Children's Hospital, 2 Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- 1 The Heart Center, Nationwide Children's Hospital, 2 Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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Thrush PT, Hoffman TM. Pediatric heart transplantation-indications and outcomes in the current era. J Thorac Dis 2014; 6:1080-96. [PMID: 25132975 DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.06.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2014] [Accepted: 06/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Pediatric heart transplantation (HTx) remains an important treatment option in the care of children with end-stage heart disease, whether it is secondary to cardiomyopathy or congenital heart disease (CHD). As surgical outcomes for CHD have improved, the indications for pediatric HTx have had to be dynamic, not only for children with CHD but also for the growing population of adults with CHD. As the field of pediatric HTx has evolved, the outcomes for children undergoing HTx have improved. This is undoubtedly due to the continued research efforts of both single-center studies, as well as research collaboratives such as the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) and the Pediatric Heart Transplant Study (PHTS) group. Research collaboratives are increasingly important in pediatric HTx as single center studies for a limited patient population may not elicit strong enough evidence for practice evolution. Similarly, complications that limit the long term graft survival may occur in a minority of patients thus pooled experience is essential. This review focuses on the indications and outcomes for pediatric HTx, with a special emphasis on studies generated by these research collaboratives.
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- Philip T Thrush
- 1 The Heart Center, Nationwide Children's Hospital, 2 Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- 1 The Heart Center, Nationwide Children's Hospital, 2 Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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Cohen MS. Coronary Artery Disease Risk in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease. CURRENT CARDIOVASCULAR RISK REPORTS 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s12170-014-0391-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Atresia pulmonar con septo íntegro. CIRUGIA CARDIOVASCULAR 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.circv.2014.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Hascoet S, Combelles S, Acar P. Cardiac Computed Tomography of Multiple Coronary Arteries to Right Ventricle Fistulas in a Newborn With Pulmonary Atresia and Intact Ventricular Septum. Can J Cardiol 2014; 30:247.e7-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2013.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2013] [Revised: 10/21/2013] [Accepted: 10/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Odemis E, Ozyilmaz I, Guzeltas A, Erek E, Haydin S, Bakır I. Transcatheter management of neonates with pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum: a single center experience from Turkey. Artif Organs 2013; 37:E56-61. [PMID: 23305587 DOI: 10.1111/aor.12034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum (PAIVS) is characterized by a broad spectrum of heterogeneous morphologies. Perforation of the atretic valve, balloon dilatation, and stenting of the patent ductus arteriosus are the percutaneous techniques that are used with increasing frequency in our clinic as well. They have some advantages over surgery, including short hospital stay and short intensive care unit stay. The main goal of the primary interventional approach is to avoid surgery. However, a group of patients with PAIVS still need surgery due to poor right ventricular growth. Therefore, the final achievement of the initial percutaneous treatment strategies is still debatable. In this article, we present the early- and mid-term results of the percutaneous approach utilized at our clinic in order to investigate the final effects of interventional therapy according to initial morphology. Between May 2010 and May 2012, 15 neonates diagnosed with PAIVS underwent transcatheter intervention. Detailed echocardiographic examination focused on right ventricle size, and tricuspid valve morphology and coronary sinusoids were performed in all the patients before the intervention. Nine of the patients were boys and six were girls. The mean age was 11.40 ± 12.87 days and mean weight was 3.34 ± 0.46 kg. Only one procedure-related mortality occurred. The mean follow-up period was 10.05 ± 3.42 months (1-26 months). The mean duration of intensive care was 7.19 ± 5.14 days. The mean follow-up time was 10.05 ± 3.42 months. After this period, survival rate was 66% (10/15). Two of the patients achieved biventricular physiology after pulmonary valve perforation. Two patients still have univentricular physiology. Six patients have been followed as a one and half ventricle repair candidate. Five out of 15 patients had stent patency during 6 months of follow-up, while restenosis developed in one patient (1/5, 20%), who had undergone the Glenn operation at 5 months of age. Transcatheter management for PAIVS is a feasible, safe, and effective primary palliative treatment in newborns. Shunt surgery may be considered in cases where cyanosis occurs despite transcatheter intervention. Right ventricular size determines the type of intervention. The early outcomes can be comparable with surgical palliation. However, a group of PAIVS, particularly with severe right ventricular hypoplasia, needs surgery even after a successful primary percutaneous intervention.
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- Ender Odemis
- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Karamlou T, Poynter JA, Walters HL, Rhodes J, Bondarenko I, Pasquali SK, Fuller SM, Lambert LM, Blackstone EH, Jacobs ML, Duncan K, Caldarone CA, Williams WG, McCrindle BW. Long-term functional health status and exercise test variables for patients with pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum: a Congenital Heart Surgeons Society study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2013; 145:1018-1027.e3. [PMID: 23374986 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.11.092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2012] [Revised: 10/18/2012] [Accepted: 11/06/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND A bias favoring biventricular (BV) repair exists regarding choice of repair pathway for patients with pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum (PAIVS). We sought to determine the implications of moving borderline candidates down a BV route in terms of late functional health status (FHS) and exercise capacity (EC). METHODS Between 1987 and 1997, 448 neonates with PAIVS were enrolled in a multi-institutional study. Late EC and FHS were assessed following repair (mean 14 years) using standardized exercise testing and 3 validated FHS instruments. Relationships between FHS, EC, morphology, and 3 end states (ie, BV, univentricular [UV], or 1.5-ventricle repair [1.5V]) were evaluated. RESULTS One hundred two of 271 end state survivors participated (63 BV, 25 UV, and 14 1.5V). Participants had lower FHS scores in domains of physical functioning (P < .001) compared with age- and sex-matched normal controls, but scored significantly higher in nearly all psychosocial domains. EC was higher in 1.5V-repair patients (P = .02), whereas discrete FHS measures were higher in BV-repair patients. Peak oxygen consumption was low across all groups, and was positively correlated with larger initial tricuspid valve z-score (P < .001), with an enhanced effect within the BV-repair group. CONCLUSIONS Late patient-perceived physical FHS and measured EC are reduced, regardless of PAIVS repair pathway, with an important dichotomy whereby patients with PAIVS believe they are doing well despite important physical impediments. For those with smaller initial tricuspid valve z-score, achievement of survival with BV repair may be at a cost of late deficits in exercise capacity, emphasizing that better outcomes may be achieved for borderline patients with a 1.5V- or UV-repair strategy.
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- Tara Karamlou
- Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Benioff Children's Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif.
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Hospital For Sick Children and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Mich
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Mich
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Omaha, Neb
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Hospital For Sick Children and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Hospital For Sick Children and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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SCHNEIDER M, WIEBE W, HRAŠKA V, ZARTNER P. Coronary Interventions in Congenital Heart Diseases: From Preterm to Young Adult Patients. J Interv Cardiol 2013; 26:287-94. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2013.12015.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- M. SCHNEIDER
- Department of Cardiology; German Pediatric Heart Center; Sankt Augustin; Germany
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- Department of Cardiology; German Pediatric Heart Center; Sankt Augustin; Germany
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery; German Pediatric Heart Center; Sankt Augustin; Germany
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- Department of Cardiology; German Pediatric Heart Center; Sankt Augustin; Germany
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Hoashi T, Kagisaki K, Kitano M, Kurosaki K, Shiraishi I, Yagihara T, Ichikawa H. Late clinical features of patients with pulmonary atresia or critical pulmonary stenosis with intact ventricular septum after biventricular repair. Ann Thorac Surg 2012; 94:833-41; discussion 841. [PMID: 22818962 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.04.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2012] [Revised: 04/06/2012] [Accepted: 04/10/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND We aimed to reveal late clinical features of patients with pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum (PA/IVS) or critical pulmonary stenosis (cPS) after biventricular repair (BVR) based on preoperative right ventricular (RV) end-diastolic volume (RVEDV) findings. METHODS Since 1985, 23 of 73 patients with PA/IVS (n=22) or cPS (n=1) with a tripartite RV and without major sinusoidal communication underwent BVR with a hybrid approach. The mean age and weight at BVR were 1.4±2.1 years and 6.9±5.9 kg, respectively. Mean follow-up was 10.1±6.4 years (range, 1.1 to 24.6 years). RESULTS Overall survival, reintervention-free, and arrhythmia-free rates at 20 years were 90.6%, 75.4%, and 50.4%, respectively. In 19 patients with preoperative RVEDV of 60% to 120% of normal, echocardiography at 10 years after BVR showed well-maintained RV systolic function. However, RV volume was quantitatively dilated in 16 (88.9%) due to moderate or greater tricuspid regurgitation in 8 (44.4%), pulmonary regurgitation in 12 (66.7%), or both, which caused arrhythmia in 3 patients more than 10 years after BVR. Two patients with preoperative RVEDV of greater than 120% of normal required tricuspid valve replacement after BVR, after which refractory atrial tachyarrhythmia developed in both patients. Furthermore, 2 patients with preoperative RVEDV of less than 60% of normal showed a cardiac index value within 2.5 L/min/m2 at 1 year after BVR, which did not improve. CONCLUSIONS Patients with PA/IVS or cPS and adequately sized RV showed good late clinical features after BVR. However, long-term follow-up examinations are necessary for RV dilatation and late-onset arrhythmia.
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- Takaya Hoashi
- Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
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Chubb H, Pesonen E, Sivasubramanian S, Tibby SM, Simpson JM, Rosenthal E, Qureshi SA. Long-Term Outcome Following Catheter Valvotomy for Pulmonary Atresia With Intact Ventricular Septum. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012; 59:1468-76. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2011] [Revised: 12/22/2011] [Accepted: 01/02/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Acquired ventricular septal aneurysm in a patient with pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum. Cardiol Young 2012; 22:227-9. [PMID: 21864450 DOI: 10.1017/s1047951111001120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Myocardial ischaemia and infarction in pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum with right ventricular-dependent coronary circulation is a well-established complication. We report an interesting case of an acquired aneurysm in the ventricular septum in a patient who underwent staged palliation.
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Forsha D, Rhodes JF, Williams DA, Lodge AJ, Li JS. A Rare Coronary Collateral in Pulmonary Atresia and Intact Septum With Coronary Sinusoids. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2012; 3:255-9. [DOI: 10.1177/2150135111430515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A neonate with pulmonary atresia and intract ventricular septum, ventriculocoronary sinusoids, bilateral coronary ostial atresia, and a rare collateral vessel between the descending thoracic aorta and the coronary system is described. The clinical course in this infant included extracorporeal life support and coil occlusion of the collateral in order to manage multiple ischemic events.
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- Daniel Forsha
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Brenner Children’s Hospital, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA
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Baraona F, Valente AM, Porayette P, Pluchinotta FR, Sanders SP. Coronary Arteries in Childhood Heart Disease: Implications for Management of Young Adults. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [PMID: 24294539 DOI: 10.4172/2155-9880.s8-006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Survival of patients with congenital heart defects has improved dramatically. Many will undergo interventional catheter or surgical procedures later in life. Others will develop atherosclerotic or post-surgical coronary heart disease. The coronary artery anatomy in patients with congenital heart disease differs substantially from that seen in the structurally normal heart. This has implications for diagnostic procedures as well as interventions. The unique epicardial course seen in some defects could impair interpretation of coronary angiograms. Interventional procedures, especially at the base of the heart, risk injuring unusually placed coronary arteries so that coronary artery anatomy must be delineated thoroughly prior to the procedure. In this review, we will describe the variants of coronary artery anatomy and their implications for interventional and surgical treatment and for sudden death during late follow-up in several types of congenital heart defects including: tetralogy of Fallot, truncus arteriosus, transposition of the great arteries, double outlet right ventricle, congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries and defects with functionally one ventricle. We will also discuss the coronary abnormalities seen in Kawasaki disease.
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- Fernando Baraona
- Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA ; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Guleserian KJ, Schechtman KB, Zheng J, Edens RE, Jacobs JP, Mahle WT, Emerson SL, Naftel DC, Kirklin JK, Blume ED, Canter CE. Outcomes after listing for primary transplantation for infants with unoperated-on non-hypoplastic left heart syndrome congenital heart disease: A multi-institutional study. J Heart Lung Transplant 2011; 30:1023-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2011] [Revised: 03/14/2011] [Accepted: 03/29/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Liava'a M, Brooks P, Konstantinov I, Brizard C, d'Udekem Y. Changing trends in the management of pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum: the Melbourne experience. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2011; 40:1406-11. [PMID: 21561788 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.02.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2010] [Revised: 02/11/2011] [Accepted: 02/16/2011] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Management of pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum (PAIVS) can be directed to either biventricular repair or univentricular palliation. The optimal management strategy has yet to be defined. METHODS All patients operated at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne for PAIVS between 1990 and 2006 (n = 81) were reviewed. Patients were retrospectively stratified into a simple three-tiered classification based on right ventricle (RV) size. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to identify risk factors of mortality. RESULTS The distribution of RV sizes was normal in 11 (14%), moderate hypoplasia in 45 (56%), and severe hypoplasia in 25 (31%) patients. RV-to-coronary-artery connections were present in 33 (41%) and RV coronary dependence in six patients (7%). Sixteen patients died (20%). The end-status of the remaining patients was biventricular repair in 31/81 (38%), 1½-ventricle repair in 10/81 (12%), Fontan circulation in 14/81 (17%), transplantation in 1/81 (1%), and still awaiting repair in 9/81 (11%). Ten-year survival was 80% (95% confidence interval (CI): 71-87%). Independent predictors of mortality were lower tricuspid valve (TV) annulus size Z-score and the presence of RV-to-coronary-artery connections. CONCLUSIONS A simple three-tiered classification based on RV size may allow initial stratification into biventricular or univentricular repair for patients with normal RV size and severe RV hypoplasia. In patients with moderate RV hypoplasia, the presence of RV-to-coronary-artery connections or a TV Z-score<-2 should caution one against attempting biventricular repair.
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- Matthew Liava'a
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Children's Hospital and the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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Paroxysmal complete atrioventricular block in a patient with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum. Cardiol Young 2011; 21:94-6. [PMID: 20939934 PMCID: PMC3143491 DOI: 10.1017/s1047951110001368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Sudden death in pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum with right ventricular dependent coronary circulation is a well-established complication, and is thought to be caused by myocardial ischaemia. We report a case of paroxysmal complete atrioventricular block that raises the possibility of an additional mechanism of sudden death.
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Critical care outcomes in pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum undergoing single-ventricle palliation. Cardiol Young 2010; 20:290-6. [PMID: 20307330 DOI: 10.1017/s1047951110000077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To examine early outcomes for pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum undergoing single-ventricle palliation and to determine risk factors for mortality. DESIGN Retrospective observational study. SETTING Tertiary paediatric critical care unit. INTERVENTION Risk factors for mortality were sought for infants after the primary intervention whether surgical shunt or ductal stent. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS We reviewed outcomes of 19 infants with pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum undergoing single-ventricle palliation between July, 2000 and July, 2008. Echocardiograms, cardiac catheterisation findings, anaesthesia, and critical care management, as well as autopsy reports were reviewed. We modelled survival after surgery and looked for predictors of early mortality. A total of 19 infants underwent single-ventricle palliation and seven of these died. The risk of death was increased by a lower arterial pH at induction of anaesthesia (p = 0.01), a lower systolic blood pressure (p = 0.01), and technical problems during surgery (p = 0.03). On admission to the critical care unit, a lower mixed venous saturation (p = 0.02) and presence of tachyarrhythmia (p = 0.02) were associated with the need for mechanical support within the first 48 hours. CONCLUSIONS There is a high early mortality for those who undergo single-ventricle palliation. It is higher for those who are haemodynamically compromised before surgery; technical problems, and haemodynamic instability during surgery also increase mortality.
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Gardiner HM. The in-utero development and treatment of Pulmonary Atresia with intact septum. PROGRESS IN PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ppedcard.2010.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Tanoue Y, Kado H, Ushijima T, Tominaga R. Consequences of a hypertensive right ventricle on left ventricular performance of patients with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum after right heart bypass surgery. PROGRESS IN PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ppedcard.2010.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Nour S, Wu G, Zhensheng Z, Chachques JC, Carpentier A, Payen D. The forgotten driving forces in right heart failure: new concept and device. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2010; 17:525-30. [PMID: 19917800 DOI: 10.1177/0218492309348638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Right heart failure is a frequent hemodynamic disturbance in pediatric cardiac patients. Besides inotropic and chronotropic drugs, fluid administration and inhaled nitric oxide, right ventricular mechanical assistance remains difficult to perform. A circulatory assist device adapted for the right heart biophysics and physiology might be more efficient. MATERIALS AND METHODS We are developing a prototype of a non-invasive cardiac assist device (CAD) for neonates and pediatrics. It is based on a pulsatile suit device covering and affecting all territories of the right heart circuit. It will be tested in a neonatal animal model of right ventricular (RV) failure. Experimental models will be matched and compared with control and sham groups. Expected results would be immediate hemodynamic improvement due to synchronized diastolic reduction of stagnant venous capacitance, increasing preload and contractility. On long term, increased shear stress with changing intrathoracic pressure in a phasic way would improve and remodel the pulmonary circulation. Future studies will be focused on: hemodynamic, biochemistry, endothelium function test, and angiogenesis. COMMENTS A non-invasive CAD guarantees better hemodynamics and endothelial function preservation with low morbidity and mortality. This is a physiological approach, cost-effective method, and particularly interesting in neonates and pediatrics with RV failure.
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- Sayed Nour
- Laboratory of Biosurgical Research, 96 rue Didot, 75014 Paris, France.
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Tworetzky W, McElhinney DB, Marx GR, Benson CB, Brusseau R, Morash D, Wilkins-Haug LE, Lock JE, Marshall AC. In utero valvuloplasty for pulmonary atresia with hypoplastic right ventricle: techniques and outcomes. Pediatrics 2009; 124:e510-8. [PMID: 19706566 PMCID: PMC4235279 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Prenatal intervention for fetuses with pulmonary atresia with an intact ventricular septum (PA/IVS) has the potential to alter right heart physiologic features in utero, facilitating right heart growth and improving the prospect of a biventricular outcome after birth. METHODS Since 2002, we have considered prenatal intervention for fetal PA/IVS in patients with (1) membranous pulmonary atresia, with identifiable pulmonary valve (PV) leaflets or membrane; (2) an intact or highly restrictive ventricular septum; and (3) right heart hypoplasia, with a tricuspid valve annulus z score of -2 or below and an identifiable but small right ventricle. Intervention was performed through direct cardiac puncture under ultrasound guidance, with percutaneous access or access through a limited laparotomy. RESULTS Ten fetuses underwent attempted balloon dilation of the PV in utero. The first 4 procedures were technically unsuccessful, and the most-recent 6 were technically successful. Compared with control fetuses with PA/IVS who did not undergo prenatal intervention and had univentricular outcomes after birth, the tricuspid valve annulus, right ventricle length, and PV annulus grew significantly more from midgestation to late gestation in the 6 fetuses who underwent successful interventions. CONCLUSIONS In utero perforation and dilation of the PV in midgestation fetuses with PA/IVS is technically feasible and may be associated with improved right heart growth and postnatal outcomes for fetuses with moderate right heart hypoplasia in midgestation. There is an important learning curve for this procedure, and much remains to be learned about the selection of appropriate fetuses for prenatal intervention.
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- Wayne Tworetzky
- Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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- Department of Cardiology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Cardiology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Surgery, Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Cardiology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Cardiology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Hybrid Ventricular Decompression in Pulmonary Atresia With Intact Septum. Ann Thorac Surg 2009; 88:688-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.11.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2008] [Revised: 11/24/2008] [Accepted: 11/26/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Lofland GK. Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum: A brief overview of management strategies and rationale. PROGRESS IN PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ppedcard.2009.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Hannan RL, Zabinsky JA, Stanfill RM, Ventura RA, Rossi AF, Nykanen DG, Zahn EM, Burke RP. Midterm Results for Collaborative Treatment of Pulmonary Atresia With Intact Ventricular Septum. Ann Thorac Surg 2009; 87:1227-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.01.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2008] [Revised: 01/13/2009] [Accepted: 01/16/2009] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum (PA/IVS). CONGENIT HEART DIS 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-77292-9_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Treatment of right ventricle to coronary artery connections in infants with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008; 136:749-56. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.03.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2007] [Revised: 02/25/2008] [Accepted: 03/30/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Iacobelli R, Pasquini L, Toscano A, Raimondi F, Michielon G, Tozzi AE, Sanders SP. Role of tricuspid regurgitation in fetal echocardiographic diagnosis of pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum. ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY 2008; 32:31-35. [PMID: 18570204 DOI: 10.1002/uog.5356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum (PAIVS) is a rare cardiac malformation with a broad spectrum of anatomical manifestations, varying from types suitable for biventricular repair to those with diminutive right ventricle and primitive ventriculocoronary connections (VCC), more suitable for single-ventricle palliation or heart transplantation. We sought to test whether tricuspid regurgitation is an easily detectable prenatal criterion with which to identify PAIVS patients at lower risk of needing postnatal single-ventricle palliation. METHOD We identified retrospectively patients with both fetal diagnosis and postnatal confirmation of PAIVS who were seen at Bambino Gesù Hospital between January 2000 and December 2006. Tricuspid valve/mitral valve (TV/MV) ratio, presence and severity of tricuspid regurgitation and direct visualization of VCC were evaluated by echocardiography both pre- and postnatally. RESULTS We identified 22 patients with a prenatal diagnosis of PAIVS. Four pregnancies were terminated and one fetus was lost to follow-up, leaving 17 patients for the analysis. Based on postnatal cardiac catheterization and/or echocardiography we divided our population in two groups: Group 1 included 10 patients with VCC; Group 2 included seven patients without VCC. At fetal echocardiography, tricuspid regurgitation was absent in all ten Group 1 patients and present in all seven Group 2 patients. VCC were seen directly in 6/10 Group 1 patients and in no Group 2 patients. A cut-off value of 0.56 for the TV/MV ratio was highly predictive of VCC during fetal life, with a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 90%. CONCLUSIONS The absence of tricuspid regurgitation in fetuses affected by PAIVS is a strong prenatal echocardiographic predictor of VCC, as is a TV/MV ratio < 0.56. Fetuses presenting with tricuspid regurgitation and relatively large right ventricle are at lower risk of needing single-ventricle palliation postnatally. This inforation could be helpful for appropriate prenatal counseling and postnatal decision-making.
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- R Iacobelli
- Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome, Italy
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Eisses MJ, Jimenez N, Permut L, Jones TK, Jonmarker C. Absent Aortocoronary Connections in a Neonate With Pulmonary Atresia and an Intact Ventricular Septum. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2008; 22:98-101. [DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2006.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2006] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Ahmad U, Fatimi SH, Naqvi I, Atiq M, Moizuddin SS, Sheikh KB, Shahbuddin S, Naseem TM, Javed MA. Modified Blalock–Taussig Shunt: Immediate and Short-Term Follow-Up Results in Neonates. Heart Lung Circ 2008; 17:54-8. [PMID: 17683985 DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2007.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2006] [Revised: 05/31/2007] [Accepted: 06/04/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The modified Blalock-Taussig shunt (MBTS) is the most commonly created systemic-pulmonary shunt in neonates with cyanotic heart disease. Morbidity and mortality after MBTS is associated with several factors including age, pulmonary artery diameter and the baseline cardiac anatomy. The objective of this research was to describe the immediate and short-term follow-up results of MBTS in Pakistani neonates. METHODS AND RESULTS A retrospective review of patient charts was done to select 22 neonatal cases of various types of cyanotic heart diseases who had undergone MBTS creation from 1999 to 2005. Clinical and echocardiographic data were collected. Patients were followed up on their post-operative visits. Twenty-two neonates, 14 males and 8 females, mean age 11.2+/-6.9, underwent MBTS surgery during the six-year period of study. Pulmonary artery diameters were 3+/-0.2 and 2.9+/-0.2 for the right and left arteries, respectively. All patients received a 4mm Gor-Tex shunt through a postero-lateral thoracotomy approach. The mean duration of post-operative mechanical ventilation was 3.9+/-4.5 days. Three neonates (13.6%) died within one month of surgery while another three (13.6%) died after three months of surgery. Among these deaths, two were due to shunt occlusion/failure (9%) and the rest were due to non-cardiac causes. Another two patients underwent revision of surgery after shunt failure. Pulmonary atresia with intact interventricular septum was the most common cardiac anomaly in our series. CONCLUSIONS The mortality rate in neonates is highest during the first post-operative month. Shunt thrombosis and occlusion can be sudden and fatal therefore coagulation profile should be carefully monitored especially in the peri-operative period. PA-IVS was the most common anatomical variant in our limited experience and had high morbidity and mortality rate after surgery.
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- Usman Ahmad
- Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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Graham TP. The year in congenital heart disease. J Am Coll Cardiol 2007; 50:368-77. [PMID: 17659205 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.04.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2007] [Revised: 04/03/2007] [Accepted: 04/10/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Thomas P Graham
- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Vanderbilt Children' s Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-9119, USA
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Ma M, Gauvreau K, Allan CK, Mayer JE, Jenkins KJ. Causes of death after congenital heart surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 2007; 83:1438-45. [PMID: 17383354 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.10.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2006] [Revised: 10/25/2006] [Accepted: 10/27/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND There has been little research about the causes of death after congenital heart surgery. METHODS To determine whether mode of death differs after congenital heart surgery, we evaluated the cause of death for 100 consecutive postoperative deaths at our institution. Mode of death was determined based on retrospective chart review including available autopsy reports. Low output states were categorized into ventricular failure; inadequate postoperative physiology (technically adequate surgery and ventricular function, but persistent low cardiac output); pulmonary hypertension; and atrioventricular valve regurgitation. RESULTS There was considerable anatomic diversity among patients who died; 46 patients had single-ventricle physiology. The vast majority of patients (n = 79) were in the intensive care unit before surgery. Surgical repairs were revised at initial operation in 22 cases; 7 patients died in the operating room. Seventy-three patients had technically adequate surgical procedures, 23 had residual anatomic defects, and 4 were indeterminate. Thirty patients underwent additional surgical and 9 catheter-based procedures, although some were classified as rescue procedures performed to address minor anatomic or physiologic abnormalities as a last hope to rescue the patient from impending demise. Of 100 deaths, most (n = 52) were due to low cardiac output: 24 inadequate postoperative physiology, 19 ventricular failure, 8 pulmonary hypertension, and 1 valvar regurgitation. Other significant causes of death included sudden cardiac arrest (n = 11), sepsis (n = 11), and procedural complications (n = 8). CONCLUSIONS More than half of the deaths were due to low cardiac output, but not exclusively ventricular failure.
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- Marsha Ma
- Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Allan CK, Thiagarajan RR, del Nido PJ, Roth SJ, Almodovar MC, Laussen PC. Indication for initiation of mechanical circulatory support impacts survival of infants with shunted single-ventricle circulation supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007; 133:660-7. [PMID: 17320562 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2006] [Revised: 10/26/2006] [Accepted: 11/01/2006] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to support patients with shunted single-ventricle physiology has been controversial. Variable survivals are reported in a number of small case series. We sought to evaluate outcomes and identify predictors of survival for patients with shunted single-ventricle physiology who require extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of all patients aged less than 1 year with shunted single-ventricle physiology who were supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation at Children's Hospital Boston between 1996 and 2005. Survivors and nonsurvivors were compared with respect to demographics, diagnosis, operative variables, indication for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation variables. RESULTS Forty-four infants with shunted single-ventricle physiology were supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Diagnoses included hypoplastic left heart syndrome (24), other single-ventricle lesions (12), and pulmonary atresia/intact ventricular septum or a variant (8). Overall survival to discharge was 48%. Indication for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was the strongest predictor of survival to discharge, with 81% of patients cannulated for hypoxemia but only 29% of those cannulated for hypotension surviving to discharge. Specifically, patients cannulated for shunt obstruction had the highest survival (83%). CONCLUSIONS Overall survival to discharge for patients with shunted single-ventricle physiology is similar to survival reported in the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization registry for all infants supported with cardiac extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Thus, shunted single-ventricle physiology should not be considered a contraindication to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Patients cannulated for hypoxemia, particularly shunt thrombosis, had markedly improved survival compared with those supported primarily for hypotension/cardiovascular collapse. Survival did not differ depending on anatomic diagnosis.
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- Catherine K Allan
- Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass 02115, USA.
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