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Fox JC, Carvajal HG, Wan F, Canter MW, Merritt TC, Eghtesady P. Outcomes of Treatment for Infective Endocarditis Following Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2023; 14:12-20. [PMID: 36847769 DOI: 10.1177/21501351221129194] [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: 03/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Recipients of transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement (TPVR) have shown increased risk of infective endocarditis (IE). Little is known about the outcomes of different management strategies, particularly surgery, for IE after TPVR. METHODS We queried the Pediatric Health Information System database for cases of IE after TPVR performed from 2010-2020. We described patient demographics, hospital courses, admission complications, and treatment outcomes based on therapy offered, surgical or medical only. We compared outcomes of initial therapy. Data are expressed as median or percent. RESULTS Sixty-nine cases of IE were identified, accounting for 98 related hospital admissions; 29% of patients recorded IE-related readmissions. Of those readmitted after initial medical therapy only, 33% had relapse IE. Rates of surgery were 22% during initial admission and 36% overall. Likelihood of surgical intervention increased with each subsequent admission. Renal and respiratory failure were more common in those given initial surgery. Mortality rate was 4.3% overall and 8% in the surgical cohort. CONCLUSION Initial medical therapy may result in relapses/readmissions and possible delay of surgical therapy, which appears to be most effective for treatment of IE. For those treated only medically, a more aggressive course of therapy may be more likely to prevent relapse. Mortality following surgical therapy for IE after TPVR appears higher than reported for surgical pulmonary valve replacement generally.
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- J Chancellor Fox
- Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 12275Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.,Section of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Louis Children's Hospital, One Children's Place, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 12275Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.,Section of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Louis Children's Hospital, One Children's Place, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, 12275Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 12275Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.,Section of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Louis Children's Hospital, One Children's Place, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 12275Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.,Section of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Louis Children's Hospital, One Children's Place, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 12275Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.,Section of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Louis Children's Hospital, One Children's Place, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Chedid M, Hanna C, Zaatari G, Mkhaimer Y, Reddy P, Rangel L, Zubidat D, Kaidbay DHN, Irazabal MV, Connolly HM, Senum SR, Madsen CD, Hogan MC, Zoghby Z, Harris PC, Torres VE, Johnson JN, Chebib FT. Congenital Heart Disease in Adults with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease. Am J Nephrol 2022; 53:316-324. [PMID: 35313307 PMCID: PMC9832580 DOI: 10.1159/000522377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is caused mainly by pathogenic variants in PKD1 or PKD2 encoding the polycystin-1 and -2 proteins. Polycystins have shown to have an essential role in cardiac development and function in animal models. In the current study, we describe the clinical association between ADPKD and congenital heart disease (CHD). METHODS Medical records from Mayo Clinic were queried for all patients with confirmed ADPKD and CHD between 1993 and 2020. CHD was categorized into left-to-right shunt, obstructive, and complex lesions. Patent foramen ovale, mitral valve prolapse, and bicuspid aortic valve anomalies were excluded. RESULTS Twenty-five out of 1,359 (1.84%) ADPKD patients were identified to have CHD. Of these, 84% were Caucasians and 44% were males. The median (Q1-Q3) age (years) at CHD diagnosis was 12.0 (2.0-43.5). Fourteen patients (56%) had left-to-right shunt lesions, 6 (24%) had obstructive lesions and 5 (20%) complex lesions. Seventeen patients (68%) had their defects surgically corrected at a median age (Q1-Q3) of 5.5 (2.0-24.7). Among 13 patients with available genetic testing, 12 (92.3%) had PKD1 pathogenic variants, and none had PKD2. The median (Q1-Q3) age at last follow-up visit was 47.0 (32.0-62.0) and median (Q1-Q3) eGFR was 35.8 (11.4-79.0) mL/min/1.73 m2. Three patients (12%) died; all of them had left-to-right shunt lesions. DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION We observed a higher CHD frequency in ADPKD than the general population (1.84 vs. 0.4%). While only PKD1 pathogenic variants were identified in this cohort, further studies are needed to confirm this novel finding and understand the role of polycystins in the development of the heart and vessels.
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- Maroun Chedid
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA,Division of Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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Havers‐Borgersen E, Butt JH, Smerup M, Gislason GH, Torp‐Pedersen C, Gröning M, Schmidt MR, Søndergaard L, Køber L, Fosbøl EL. Incidence of Infective Endocarditis Among Patients With Tetralogy of Fallot. J Am Heart Assoc 2021; 10:e022445. [PMID: 34730003 PMCID: PMC8751965 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.121.022445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Background Patients with tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) are considered at high risk of infective endocarditis (IE) as a result of altered hemodynamics and multiple invasive procedures, including pulmonary valve replacement (PVR). Data on the long-term risk of IE are sparse. Methods and Results In this observational cohort study, all patients with ToF born from 1977 to 2018 were identified using Danish nationwide registries and followed from date of birth until occurrence of first-time IE, emigration, death, or end of study (December 31, 2018). The comparative risk of IE among patients with ToF versus age- and sex-matched controls from the background population was assessed. Because of rules on anonymity, exact numbers cannot be reported if the number of patients is <4. A total of 1164 patients with ToF were identified and matched with 4656 controls. Among patients with ToF, 851 (73.1%) underwent early surgical intracardiac repair and 276 (23.7%) underwent PVR during follow-up. During a median follow-up of 20.3 years, 41 (3.5%) patients with ToF (comprising 24 [8.7%] with PVR and 17 [1.9%] without PVR) and <4 (<0.8%) controls were admitted with IE. The incidence rates of IE per 10 000 person-years were 22.4 (95% CI, 16.5-30.4) and 0.1 (95% CI, 0.01-0.7) among patients and controls, respectively. Moreover, PVR was associated with a further increased incidence of IE among patients with ToF (incidence rates per 10 000 person-years with and without PVR were 46.7 [95% CI, 25.1-86.6] and 2.8 [95% CI 2.0-4.0], respectively). Conclusions Patients with ToF are associated with a substantially higher incidence of IE than the background population. In particular, PVR was associated with an increased incidence of IE. With an increasing life expectancy of these patients, intensified awareness, preventive measures, and surveillance of this patient group are decisive.
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- Eva Havers‐Borgersen
- Department of CardiologyRigshospitaletCopenhagen University HospitalCopenhagenDenmark
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- Department of CardiologyRigshospitaletCopenhagen University HospitalCopenhagenDenmark
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- Department of Cardiothoracic SurgeryRigshospitaletCopenhagen University HospitalCopenhagenDenmark
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- Department of CardiologyHerlev‐Gentofte University HospitalHellerupDenmark
- The Danish Heart FoundationCopenhagenDenmark
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- Department of CardiologyRigshospitaletCopenhagen University HospitalCopenhagenDenmark
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- Department of CardiologyRigshospitaletCopenhagen University HospitalCopenhagenDenmark
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- Department of CardiologyRigshospitaletCopenhagen University HospitalCopenhagenDenmark
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- Department of CardiologyRigshospitaletCopenhagen University HospitalCopenhagenDenmark
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Galea N, Bandera F, Lauri C, Autore C, Laghi A, Erba PA. Multimodality Imaging in the Diagnostic Work-Up of Endocarditis and Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device (CIED) Infection. J Clin Med 2020; 9:E2237. [PMID: 32674517 PMCID: PMC7408824 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9072237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Revised: 07/01/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Infective endocarditis (IE) is a serious cardiac condition, which includes a wide range of clinical presentations, with varying degrees of severity. The diagnosis is multifactorial and a proper characterization of disease requires the identification of the primary site of infection (usually the cardiac valve) and the search of secondary systemic complications. Early depiction of local complications or distant embolization has a great impact on patient management and prognosis, as it may induce to aggressive antibiotic treatment or, in more advanced cases, cardiac surgery. In this setting, the multimodality imaging has assumed a pivotal role in the clinical decision making and it requires the physician to be aware of the advantages and disadvantages of each imaging technique. Echocardiography is the first imaging test, but it has several limitations. Therefore, the integration with other imaging modalities (computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear imaging) becomes often necessary. Different strategies should be applied depending on whether the infection is suspected or already ascertained, whether located in native or prosthetic valves, in the left or right chambers, or if it involves an implanted cardiac device. In addition, detection of extracardiac IE-related lesions is crucial for a correct management and treatment. The aim of this review is to illustrate strengths and weaknesses of the various methods in the most common clinical scenarios.
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- Nicola Galea
- Department of Experimental Medicine, “Sapienza” University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy
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- Heart Failure Unit, Cardiology University Department, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Piazza Malan, 1, San Donato Milanese, 20097 Milan, Italy;
- Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milano, Via Luigi Mangiagalli, 31, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and of Translational Medicine, “Sapienza” University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy;
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, 00189 Rome, Italy;
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- Radiology Unit, Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and of Translational Medicine, “Sapienza” University of Rome, 00189 Rome, Italy;
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Translational Research and New Technology in Medicine, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy;
- Medical Imaging Center, Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 Groningen, The Netherlands
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Rojas-Martelo GA, Jiménez-Cauhe J, Gómez-Ayerbe C. Infective endocarditis in patient with transposition of the great arteries with Rastelli repair. Med Clin (Barc) 2020; 154:421-422. [PMID: 31171349 DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2019.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2019] [Revised: 04/04/2019] [Accepted: 04/11/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, España
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El Barzouhi A, Tanis W, van Gelder RE, Vriend JWJ. The pivotal role of cardiac computed tomography angiogram and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography in the diagnosis of right sided endocarditis: a case report. EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL-CASE REPORTS 2019; 3:yty165. [PMID: 31020241 PMCID: PMC6439376 DOI: 10.1093/ehjcr/yty165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2018] [Accepted: 12/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Background Infective endocarditis (IE) poses many clinical and diagnostic challenges. Echocardiography is regarded as the imaging modality of choice for the diagnosis of IE, and plays a key role in both the diagnosis and management of endocarditis. We report on a case in which one could have overlooked an endocarditis of a pulmonary homograft if one had relied on echocardiography alone. Case summary A 38-year-old man presented with intermittent fever and fatigue for 1 month. He had undergone a Ross procedure for a bicuspid aortic valve stenosis at the age of 17 years. At the age of 36 years a valve-sparing aortic root replacement was performed because of aortic root dilatation. Besides a systolic murmur 3/6 noted at the left sternal border, physical examination was normal. Multiple blood cultures grew Streptococcus mitis. Both transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiogram could not detect any signs of endocarditis. As endocarditis can be overlooked due to reverberations and acoustic shadowing, we performed 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) and cardiac computed tomography angiogram (cardiac CTA). Both imaging modalities showed large vegetations attached to the pulmonary homograft. Discussion Endocarditis poses diagnostic challenges. While echocardiography is the cornerstone of imaging, one may overlook a pulmonary homograft endocarditis due to reverberations and acoustic shadowing. Therefore, if clinical suspicion of endocarditis is strong, one should consider additional imaging by means of cardiac CTA and/or 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography imaging to assess valves in pulmonary position, especially in those whom have had prior surgical intervention at this location.
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- Abdelilah El Barzouhi
- Department of Cardiology, Haga Teaching Hospital, Postbus 40551, LN The Hague, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Haga Teaching Hospital, Postbus 40551, LN The Hague, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Haga Teaching Hospital, Postbus 40551, LN The Hague, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Haga Teaching Hospital, Postbus 40551, LN The Hague, The Netherlands
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Lee PT, Uy FM, Foo JS, Tan JL. Increased incidence of infective endocarditis in patients with ventricular septal defect. CONGENIT HEART DIS 2018; 13:1005-1011. [PMID: 30259666 DOI: 10.1111/chd.12667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2018] [Revised: 07/20/2018] [Accepted: 08/06/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is one of the most common congenital heart anomalies in childhood and there is an increasing prevalence of VSDs in the adult population. The long-term risk of infective endocarditis (IE) is of concern. The aim of this study was to clarify and compare the incidence of IE in adults with repaired and unrepaired VSDs. METHODS Patients with VSDs were identified using the Adult Congenital Heart Disease registry at the National Heart Centre Singapore. Patients were divided into Group 1 (repaired VSD) and Group 2 (unrepaired VSDs). The electronic medical records were searched for hospitalization due to IE during a 10-year period (October 2, 2007-October 1, 2017). RESULTS Four hundred seventy-nine patients (53% male) were identified, with a mean age of 35.0 ± 13.7 years. There were 164 patients (34.2%) in Group 1 and 315 patients (65.8%) in Group 2. In total, there were eight episodes of IE from six patients (3 male, mean age of 42.2 ± 20.7 years). Two patients had recurrent IE. The overall incidence of IE was 1.67/1000 y, and this is 11-15-fold higher compared to general adult population. The incidence of IE in Group 2 was 1.90/1000 y. There were no IE cases in Group 1. CONCLUSION Patients with VSDs, especially if unrepaired, carry a substantially increased risk of IE compared to the general population.
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Park JW, Kim DK, Kwak YH, Jung JY, Lee SU, Paek SH. Transition patients: Adults with chronic pediatric disorder presenting to a tertiary pediatric emergency department in Korea. Medicine (Baltimore) 2018; 97:e12346. [PMID: 30212989 PMCID: PMC6155953 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000012346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The primary objective was to evaluate the characteristics of adults (≥18 years old) with chronic pediatric disorders (transition patients) who visited the pediatric emergency department (PED). The secondary objective was to determine the associated factors for their admission.This study was a retrospective chart review of transition patients seen at a large, urban PED in Korea from 2010 to 2015. Epidemiologic and clinical data were used to identify the characteristics of transition patients compared with those of pediatric patients in the PED. A multivariable logistic regression model was used to calculate odds ratios (ORs) for the factors associated with hospitalization.Transition patients accounted for 2776 (2.4%) of the total encounters. A total of 463 (38.9%) of the transition patients had >1 visit. Congenital heart disease was the most common (23.2%) chronic pediatric disorder. Most encounters (94.5%) were related to an underlying disorder, and 34.4% of the encounters required consultations with other pediatric subspecialties. Diagnostic procedures were performed in 90.1% of the encounters. Transition patients were hospitalized more than pediatric patients (35.3% vs 15.3%; P < .001). The associated factors for admission in the transition patients were chronic gastrointestinal disorder (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]: 3.76 [95% confidence interval, CI, 2.29-6.16]), complaints related to an underlying disorder (AOR: 3.13 [95% CI, 1.94-5.05]), respiratory complaints (AOR: 2.02 [95% CI, 1.33-3.08]), and infectious complaints (AOR: 1.97 [95% CI, 1.40-2.76]).A substantial number of transition patients used the PED, and they required a larger amount of resources in the PED. Chronic gastrointestinal disorder, respiratory symptoms, or complaints related to an underlying disorder were the related factors for admission of transition patients.
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- Joong Wan Park
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Cha Bundang Medical Center, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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Jortveit J, Klcovansky J, Eskedal L, Birkeland S, Døhlen G, Holmstrøm H. Endocarditis in children and adolescents with congenital heart defects: a Norwegian nationwide register-based cohort study. Arch Dis Child 2018; 103:670-674. [PMID: 29510997 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2017-313917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2017] [Revised: 01/29/2018] [Accepted: 02/10/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Congenital heart defects (CHD) are the most common birth defects worldwide and are an important cause of morbidity and early death. A significant number of deaths occur among patients with infections. CHDs predispose to the development of infective endocarditis (IE) and represent a risk factor for increased mortality due to IE. The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence and outcomes of IE in children and adolescents with CHDs. METHODS Data on all children with CHD and IE born in Norway between 1994 and 2016 were retrieved from the Oslo University Hospital's Clinical Registry for Congenital Heart Defects. Survivors were followed through 2016, and supplementary information was retrieved from medical records. RESULTS In this nationwide register-based cohort study, which included all 1 357 543 live births in Norway between 1994 and 2016, the incidence of IE according to the European Society of Cardiology diagnostic criteria was 2.2 per 10 000 person-years among children and adolescents with CHDs. The incidence was stable throughout the period. Most patients with IE had severe CHDs (75%) and had undergone open chest cardiac surgery or catheter-based cardiac interventions the last year before IE. IE-related mortality among children with CHDs and IE was 8% during the follow-up period (mean 12.4 years (±5.5 years)). CONCLUSIONS The incidence of IE among children and adolescents with CHDs was higher than the reported incidence in the general population. IE was associated with severe CHDs and recent complex cardiac interventions, and had significant mortality.
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- Jarle Jortveit
- Department of Cardiology, Sørlandet Hospital Arendal, Arendal, Norway
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- Division of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Oslo Universitetssykehus, Oslo, Norway
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- Research Department, Sørlandet Regional Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Oslo Universitetssykehus, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Oslo Universitetssykehus, Oslo, Norway.,Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Moore B, Cao J, Kotchetkova I, Celermajer DS. Incidence, predictors and outcomes of infective endocarditis in a contemporary adult congenital heart disease population. Int J Cardiol 2018; 249:161-165. [PMID: 29121720 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.08.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2017] [Revised: 07/31/2017] [Accepted: 08/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND The prevalence of congenital heart disease (CHD) in the adult population is steadily increasing. A substrate of prosthetic material and residual lesions, constantly evolving as surgical techniques change over time, predispose these patients to the potentially devastating complication of infective endocarditis (IE). METHODS We retrospectively reviewed 2935 patients in our adult CHD database for all cases of endocarditis between 1991 and 2016. Incidence, clinical course and predictors of outcomes were analysed. RESULTS We document 74 episodes in 62 patients, with an incidence of 0.9 cases/1000 patient years (py). IE was more common in complex CHD (1.4 cases/1000py) and ventricular septal defects (VSDs) (1.9 cases/1000py). Prosthetic material was involved in 47% and left-sided infection predominated (66%). The incidence in bicuspid aortic valves post aortic valve replacement (AVR) was significantly higher than in unoperated valves, being 1.8 and 1.1 cases/1000 patient years respectively. Streptococcus was the most frequently implicated causative organism (37%). Emboli occurred in 34% of cases with a cerebral predilection. 46% of patients required surgery during the admission for IE, most frequently to replace a severely regurgitant bicuspid aortic valve. Early endocarditis-related mortality was 15%, associated with cerebral emboli and acute renal failure. CONCLUSIONS In a contemporary adult CHD cohort, those with complex underlying lesions, VSDs or an AVR were at higher risk for IE. Mortality remains substantial and is more likely in patients with cerebral emboli and/or acute renal failure.
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- Benjamin Moore
- Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- University of Sydney Medical School, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia; University of Sydney Medical School, Sydney, Australia.
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Østergaard L, Valeur N, Ihlemann N, Bundgaard H, Gislason G, Torp-Pedersen C, Bruun NE, Søndergaard L, Køber L, Fosbøl EL. Incidence of infective endocarditis among patients considered at high risk. Eur Heart J 2018; 39:623-629. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/30/2023] Open
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18F-FDG-PET/CT angiography in the diagnosis of infective endocarditis and cardiac device infection in adult patients with congenital heart disease and prosthetic material. Int J Cardiol 2017; 248:396-402. [PMID: 28807509 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2017] [Revised: 07/21/2017] [Accepted: 08/04/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Infective endocarditis (IE) and cardiac device infection (CDI) are a major complication in the growing number of patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) reaching adulthood. We aimed to evaluate the added value of 18F-FDG-PET/CT angiography (PET/CTA) in the diagnosis of IE-CDI in adults with CHD and intravascular or intracardiac prosthetic material, in whom echocardiography (ECHO) and modified Duke Criteria (DC) have limitations because of the patients' complex anatomy. METHODS A prospective study was conducted in a referral center with multidisciplinary IE and CHD Units. PET/CTA and ECHO findings were compared in consecutive adult (≥18years) patients with CHD who have prosthetic material and suspected IE-CDI. The initial diagnosis using the DC and the diagnosis with the additional PET/CTA data (DC+PET/CTA) were compared with the final diagnostic consensus established by an expert team at three months. RESULTS Between November-2012 and April-2017, 25 patients (15 men; median age 40years) were included. Cases were initially classified as definite in 8 (32%), possible in 14 (56%) and rejected in 3 (12%). DC+PET/CTA allowed reclassification of 12/14 (86%) cases initially identified as possible IE. The sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV, and accuracy of DC at IE suspicion were 39.1%/83.3%/90.4%/25.5%/61.2%, respectively. The diagnostic performance increased significantly with addition of PET/CTA data: 87%/83.3%/95.4%/61.5%/85.1%, respectively. PET/CTA also provided an alternative diagnosis in 3 patients with rejected IE, and detected pulmonary embolisms in 3 patients. CONCLUSIONS PET/CTA was a useful diagnostic tool in the complex group of adult patients with CHD who have cardiac or intravascular prosthetic material and suspected IE or CDI, providing added diagnostic value to the modified DC (increased sensitivity) and improving case classification.
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Loureiro-Amigo J, Fernández-Hidalgo N, Pijuan-Domènech A, Dos-Subirà L, Subirana-Domènech T, Gonzàlez-Alujas T, González-López JJ, Tornos-Mas P, García-Dorado D, Almirante B. [Infective endocarditis in adult patients with congenital heart disease. Experience from a reference centre]. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 2016; 34:626-632. [PMID: 26860418 DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2016.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2015] [Revised: 12/20/2015] [Accepted: 01/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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INTRODUCTION A growing number of patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) will reach adulthood. Infective endocarditis (IE) is a major complication in this population. The aim of this study was to describe the features of IE in adults with CHD treated in a reference centre. METHODS A retrospective review was performed on a cohort of patients over 16 years of age with CHD who presented with IE (defined by the modified Duke criteria) between 1996 and 2014. Only the first episode from each patient was considered for the descriptive analysis. RESULTS IE was observed in 27 patients. The median age at diagnosis of IE was 27.7 years, and 63% were male. Comorbidity was low (median Charlson index was 0). IE was mostly community-acquired (78%). The most frequent CHD were ventricular septal defect (33%). A repair was performed in 48% of patients, and 19% received palliative treatment. Forty-one percent of patients had some type of prosthesis. A residual defect was observed in 81%. The IE was detected in the right side of 44% of the patients. The most frequent aetiological agents were viridans group streptococci (41%) and Staphylococcus epidermidis (30%). Surgery was required to treat IE in 37% of patients. There were five re-infections and three relapses. Two patients died, both as a result of recurrence. CONCLUSIONS IE in adults with CHD occurred in young patients, and almost all of them carried some prosthetic material or a residual defect. The IE is frequently right-sided. Although surgical treatment was required in many cases, mortality was low, except in the case of relapses.
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- Jose Loureiro-Amigo
- Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, España
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- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España; Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, España.
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, España; Unidad Integrada de Cardiopatías Congénitas del Adolescente y del Adulto Vall d'Hebron-Sant Pau, Barcelona, España
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- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España; Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, España; Unidad Integrada de Cardiopatías Congénitas del Adolescente y del Adulto Vall d'Hebron-Sant Pau, Barcelona, España
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- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España; Unidad Integrada de Cardiopatías Congénitas del Adolescente y del Adulto Vall d'Hebron-Sant Pau, Barcelona, España; Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, España
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- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España; Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, España
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- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España; Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, España
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- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España; Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, España
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- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España; Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, España
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Ministeri M, Alonso-Gonzalez R, Swan L, Dimopoulos K. Common long-term complications of adult congenital heart disease: avoid falling in a H.E.A.P. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2016; 14:445-62. [PMID: 26678842 DOI: 10.1586/14779072.2016.1133294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Advances in cardiology and cardiac surgery have transformed the outlook for patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) so that currently 85% of neonates with CHD survive into adult life. Although early surgery has transformed the outcome of these patients, it has not been curative. Heart failure, endocarditis, arrhythmias and pulmonary hypertension are the most common long term complications of adults with CHD. Adults with CHD benefit from tertiary expert care and early recognition of long-term complications and timely management are essential. However, it is as important that primary care physicians and general adult cardiologists are able to recognise the signs and symptoms of such complications, raise the alarm, referring patients early to specialist adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) care, and provide initial care. In this paper, we provide an overview of the most commonly encountered long-term complications in ACHD and describe current state of the art management as provided in tertiary specialist centres.
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- M Ministeri
- a Adult Congenital Heart Centre and National Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension , Royal Brompton Hospital , London , UK.,b NIHR Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit , Royal Brompton Hospital and National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London , London , UK.,c National Heart and Lung Institute , Imperial College School of Medicine , London , UK
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- a Adult Congenital Heart Centre and National Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension , Royal Brompton Hospital , London , UK.,b NIHR Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit , Royal Brompton Hospital and National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London , London , UK.,c National Heart and Lung Institute , Imperial College School of Medicine , London , UK
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- a Adult Congenital Heart Centre and National Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension , Royal Brompton Hospital , London , UK.,b NIHR Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit , Royal Brompton Hospital and National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London , London , UK.,c National Heart and Lung Institute , Imperial College School of Medicine , London , UK
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- a Adult Congenital Heart Centre and National Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension , Royal Brompton Hospital , London , UK.,b NIHR Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit , Royal Brompton Hospital and National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London , London , UK.,c National Heart and Lung Institute , Imperial College School of Medicine , London , UK
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Habib G, Lancellotti P, Antunes MJ, Bongiorni MG, Casalta JP, Del Zotti F, Dulgheru R, El Khoury G, Erba PA, Iung B, Miro JM, Mulder BJ, Plonska-Gosciniak E, Price S, Roos-Hesselink J, Snygg-Martin U, Thuny F, Tornos Mas P, Vilacosta I, Zamorano JL. 2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of infective endocarditis: The Task Force for the Management of Infective Endocarditis of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Endorsed by: European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM). Eur Heart J 2015; 36:3075-3128. [PMID: 26320109 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3136] [Impact Index Per Article: 348.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
MESH Headings
- Acute Kidney Injury/diagnosis
- Acute Kidney Injury/therapy
- Ambulatory Care
- Aneurysm, Infected/diagnosis
- Aneurysm, Infected/therapy
- Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use
- Antibiotic Prophylaxis
- Arrhythmias, Cardiac/diagnosis
- Arrhythmias, Cardiac/therapy
- Clinical Laboratory Techniques
- Critical Care
- Cross Infection/etiology
- Dentistry, Operative
- Diagnostic Imaging/methods
- Embolism/diagnosis
- Embolism/therapy
- Endocarditis/diagnosis
- Endocarditis/therapy
- Endocarditis, Non-Infective/diagnosis
- Endocarditis, Non-Infective/therapy
- Female
- Fibrinolytic Agents/therapeutic use
- Heart Defects, Congenital
- Heart Failure/diagnosis
- Heart Failure/therapy
- Heart Valve Diseases/diagnosis
- Heart Valve Diseases/therapy
- Humans
- Long-Term Care
- Microbiological Techniques
- Musculoskeletal Diseases/diagnosis
- Musculoskeletal Diseases/microbiology
- Musculoskeletal Diseases/therapy
- Myocarditis/diagnosis
- Myocarditis/therapy
- Neoplasms/complications
- Nervous System Diseases/diagnosis
- Nervous System Diseases/microbiology
- Nervous System Diseases/therapy
- Patient Care Team
- Pericarditis/diagnosis
- Pericarditis/therapy
- Postoperative Complications/etiology
- Postoperative Complications/prevention & control
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular/diagnosis
- Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular/therapy
- Prognosis
- Prosthesis-Related Infections/diagnosis
- Prosthesis-Related Infections/therapy
- Recurrence
- Risk Assessment
- Risk Factors
- Splenic Diseases/diagnosis
- Splenic Diseases/therapy
- Thoracic Surgical Procedures
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Moller JH, Anderson RC. A 43- to 54-year follow-up of 1,000 patients with congenital heart disease. Am J Cardiol 2013; 111:1496-500. [PMID: 23433763 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.01.309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2012] [Revised: 01/16/2013] [Accepted: 01/16/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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From 1952 to 1963, 1,000 consecutive children with congenital heart disease were evaluated by 1 of us (R.C.A.). Current information for 994 patients with 36,086 patient-years is available. Of these, 362 have died, 130 as adults, of whom 67 died from a cardiac cause. Of the remaining 638 patients, 632 were living, and 6 were lost to follow-up. The survival curves for ventricular septal defect, atrial septal defect, patent ductus arteriosus, and pulmonary stenosis paralleled the normal curve. Cyanotic patients had a markedly reduced curve, with 19% alive at 50 years. Most patients were New York Heart Association class I, with only 3 in class IV, each from noncardiac causes. In conclusion, this experience should be helpful to physicians caring for adults with congenital heart disease and provide an optimistic outlook for the patients with less complex conditions.
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Hamilton LE, Lew EO, Matshes EW. "Grown-up" congenital heart disease and sudden death in a medical examiner's population. J Forensic Sci 2011; 56:1206-12. [PMID: 21644986 DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01807.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Despite advances in the management of congenital heart disease (CHD), children with CHD who survive into adulthood are at increased risk of sudden death. Sudden death may also be the initial presentation of undiagnosed CHD in some adults. This retrospective descriptive study outlines the spectrum of CHD presenting as sudden death in adults in a medical examiner's population. Despite its rarity (0.2% of all cases investigated between 1991 and 2007), CHD remains an important cause of sudden cardiac death to be recognized at adult autopsy. Bicuspid aortic valve and anomalous coronary anomalies were the most common malformations, comprising 36.9% and 26.2% of cases, respectively. However, a wide spectrum of simple to complex malformations can be seen, with or without prior surgery, and over a wide age spectrum. Once solely a pediatric entity, CHD is now "grown-up" and will likely be diagnosed by forensic pathologists with increased frequency in the future.
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- Leslie E Hamilton
- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary/Foothills Medical Centre, 1403-29 St NW, AB, Canada
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Baumgartner H. Infective endocarditis in adults with congenital heart disease: is it time to change our approach to prophylaxis based on new insights into risk prediction? Eur Heart J 2011; 32:1835-7. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Habib G, Hoen B, Tornos P, Thuny F, Prendergast B, Vilacosta I, Moreillon P, de Jesus Antunes M, Thilen U, Lekakis J, Lengyel M, Müller L, Naber CK, Nihoyannopoulos P, Moritz A, Luis Zamorano J. Guía de práctica clínica para prevención, diagnóstico y tratamiento de la endocarditis infecciosa (nueva versión 2009). Rev Esp Cardiol 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s0300-8932(09)73131-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Habib G, Hoen B, Tornos P, Thuny F, Prendergast B, Vilacosta I, Moreillon P, de Jesus Antunes M, Thilen U, Lekakis J, Lengyel M, Müller L, Naber CK, Nihoyannopoulos P, Moritz A, Zamorano JL, Vahanian A, Auricchio A, Bax J, Ceconi C, Dean V, Filippatos G, Funck-Brentano C, Hobbs R, Kearney P, McDonagh T, McGregor K, Popescu BA, Reiner Z, Sechtem U, Sirnes PA, Tendera M, Vardas P, Widimsky P, Vahanian A, Aguilar R, Bongiorni MG, Borger M, Butchart E, Danchin N, Delahaye F, Erbel R, Franzen D, Gould K, Hall R, Hassager C, Kjeldsen K, McManus R, Miro JM, Mokracek A, Rosenhek R, San Roman Calvar JA, Seferovic P, Selton-Suty C, Uva MS, Trinchero R, van Camp G. Guidelines on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infective endocarditis (new version 2009): the Task Force on the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Infective Endocarditis of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Endorsed by the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) and the International Society of Chemotherapy (ISC) for Infection and Cancer. Eur Heart J 2009; 30:2369-413. [PMID: 19713420 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1227] [Impact Index Per Article: 81.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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- Gilbert Habib
- Service de Cardiologie, CHU La Timone, Bd Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France.
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The long term consequences of untreated of residual or recurrent lesions pose unique challenges in the growing population of adults with congenitally malformed hearts. In our unit, 335 patients aged from 18 to 72 years, with a mean age of 35 plus or minus 14 years, presented for correction of congenital cardiac disease from September, 1997, through December, 2006. Of the group, 42 (12.5%) had undergone one or more prior surgical procedures, 3 were admitted as emergencies, and a further 10 (3%) had suffered prior cardiac related complications. Symptoms had been noted by 181 patients (54%), and 42 (12.5%) had an established arrhythmia. Chromosomal anomalies were identified in 13 (3.8%), and diagnostic catheterisation was required in 201 (60%) patients. Of the overall group, 2 patients died early (0.6%). Complications occurred in 61 patients (18%), including atrial fibrillation, pneumothorax, postoperative haemorrhage, pericardial or pleural effusions requiring drainage, stroke, complete heart block, endocarditis, wound dehiscence, and peripheral neuropathy. The median length of stay in the intensive care unit and hospital were 2 and 7 days, respectively. Death occurred later in 2 further patients (0.6%), due to atrial fibrillation and pulmonary hypertension. At mean follow-up of 63 plus or minus 30 months, the majority of the remaining patients are well with resolution or significant improvement in their symptoms. Despite the long term deleterious effects of untreated, residual or recurrent congenital cardiac lesions in adults, therefore, we conclude that surgical correction can be achieved with low mortality and acceptable morbidity. Most significant complications are related to arrhythmias.
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Prophylaxis of infective endocarditis: current tendencies, continuing controversies. THE LANCET. INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2008; 8:225-32. [DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(08)70064-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Duval X. [Prophylaxis of infective endocarditis: trends and new recommendations]. Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris) 2008; 57:102-108. [PMID: 18402925 DOI: 10.1016/j.ancard.2008.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2008] [Accepted: 02/21/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The rationale having led to the profound change in the guidelines on the prevention of endocarditis is presented. The current trend to abandoning systematic antibiotic prophylaxis in patients at risk for infective endocarditis is in fact based upon a sound scientific background. Systematic antibiotic prophylaxis remains necessary, however, in the category of patients at very high risk.
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- X Duval
- Service des maladies infectieuses et tropicales, hôpital Bichat-Claude-Bernard, 46, rue Henri-Huchard, 75877 Paris cedex 18, France.
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Høimyr H, Christensen TD, Emmertsen K, Johnsen SP, Riis A, Hansen OK, Hjortdal VE. Surgical repair of coarctation of the aorta: up to 40 years of follow-up. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006; 30:910-6. [PMID: 17056267 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2006] [Revised: 09/01/2006] [Accepted: 09/17/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) was previously considered cured after surgical repair. Evidence for excess mortality and late morbidity has later accumulated, although studies with long-term follow-up remain sparse. The aim was to identify patients operated for CoA at Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark between 1965 and 1985 and to assess surgical and late mortality and cardiovascular morbidity in this cohort and possible predictors for an adverse outcome. METHODS Two hundred and twenty nine patients were identified. Baseline characteristics and morbidity and mortality data were obtained from medical records, registries and databases and analysed by Kaplan-Meier graphs and multivariate Cox regression analyses. RESULTS There were 14 (6%) surgical deaths. The survival in patients who were alive 30 days postoperatively was 95% 10 years after surgery, and 91%, 83% and 69% after 20, 30 and 40 years, respectively. The mortality rate ratio for all long-term survivors compared with an age- and sex-matched reference group was 4.3 (2.9-6.4). In those with no cardiovascular comorbidity at the time of repair, it was 3.4 (1.8-6.4). The causes of late deaths were cardiovascular in 63%. CoA repair in the early decade, age below 1 year at repair and high level of comorbidity were predictors for late mortality. Twenty five percent of current survivors were on antihypertensive medication and further cardiovascular morbidity had occurred in 46 (26%), including cardiovascular surgery and catheter interventions in 35 (19%). Freedom from death, reintervention and cardiovascular complications other than hypertension was 60% 30 years after surgery in the entire study population. CONCLUSIONS Repaired CoA is associated with excess cardiovascular mortality and morbidity and often in need of reintervention. These patients, therefore, need careful follow-up.
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- Hilde Høimyr
- Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery and Institute of Clinical Medicine, Skejby Sygehus, Aarhus University Hospital, DK-8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
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Cross KP, Santucci KA. Transitional medicine: will emergency medicine physicians be ready for the growing population of adults with congenital heart disease? Pediatr Emerg Care 2006; 22:775-81. [PMID: 17198208 DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000245178.13418.4f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Currently, approximately 85% of children with significant congenital heart problems survive to adolescence and adulthood. This survival rate represents a dramatic improvement in the medical and surgical care of congenital heart disease (CHD) during the last 35 years. Nevertheless, these patients remain at increased risk for significant cardiac problems long after primary interventions are completed. They are more likely than the general population to seek urgent medical care, often in an emergency department setting. They represent a new and growing population of emergency department patients with a specialized set of problems not traditionally part of the training for emergency medicine (EM) physicians. OBJECTIVE We investigated the current scope and status of training for EM physicians in the immediate management of CHD patients as they grow to adolescence and adulthood. METHODS We conducted 2 cross-sectional surveys to assess the current training environment for 2 specific groups: (1) US general EM (GEM) residency programs, and (2) US and Canadian pediatric EM (PEM) fellowship programs. Surveys were mailed to program directors during the summer of 2005. A total of 198 surveys were sent out: 134 to GEM residency directors and 64 to PEM fellowship directors. RESULTS The response rate overall was 68%, with a 64% response rate from the GEM residency directors and 77% from the PEM fellowship directors. Across all programs, 43% (56/130 respondents) were "unsure" about the existence or location of an adult CHD (ACHD) clinic in their area. When asked to rate the importance of ACHD as a training topic, 40 (85%) of 47 PEM fellowship directors and 62 (74%) of 84 GEM residency directors ranked it as "low priority" or "unnecessary." However, 70 (55%) of 127 respondents were "unsure," "uncomfortable," or "worried" about the ACHD training their trainees receive (PEM, 59%; GEM, 53%). In addition, most program directors (75%) estimated that their trainees care for 5 or fewer ACHD patients annually. CONCLUSIONS There seems to be a mismatch between the growing need for ACHD emergency care and the current state of this topic in both GEM residency and PEM fellowship training programs.
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- Keith P Cross
- Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital, 20 York Street, Room WP-143, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
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Di Filippo S, Delahaye F, Semiond B, Celard M, Henaine R, Ninet J, Sassolas F, Bozio A. Current patterns of infective endocarditis in congenital heart disease. Heart 2006; 92:1490-5. [PMID: 16818488 PMCID: PMC1861050 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.085332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/14/2006] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To assess the changing profile of infective endocarditis in patients with congenital heart disease. METHODS All cases diagnosed from 1966 to 2001 (revised Duke criteria) were retrospectively reviewed and categorised in periods I (< 1990) and II (>or= 1990). RESULTS 153 episodes occurred, 81 in period I and 72 in period II. Mean age of affected patients was higher in period II. Non-operated ventricular septal defect, Rastelli correction and palliated cyanotic heart disease increased. Infective endocarditis in corrective surgery changed to patients with prosthetic material. Post-surgical cases decreased. Dental problems were the leading cause (period I 20% v II 33% of cases) with a large variety of pathological organisms (multiple species of Streptococcus). Cutaneous causative infections increased (5% to 17%) with different species of Staphylococcus. Negative blood cultures lessened (20% to 7%, p = 0.03). Streptococci were the most common causative organisms in both periods. Severe heart failure and cardiac complications lessened (20% to 4% and 31% to 18% during periods I and II, respectively). Early surgery was more frequent in period II (32% v 18.5%, p = 0.02). One- and 10-year survival was 91% v 97% in period I and 89% v 97% in period II, respectively (NS). CONCLUSION Current targets include complex cyanotic disease, congenital heart disease corrected with prosthetic material and small ventricular septal defect. Postoperative cases lessened; dental and cutaneous causes increased. Survival was unchanged. Prophylactic measures targeted at dental and cutaneous sources should be emphasised.
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- S Di Filippo
- Cardiologie Pediatrique, Hopital L Pradel, Lyons, France.
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AIMS To register mortality and causes of death in patients with congenital heart defects (CHDs). METHODS Prospective population-based observational study. RESULTS 553 infants with CHD (1.1% of live born) were observed for 1-22 y (median 10 7/12 y). Sixty-four died (11.6%), of whom 32 (50%) died during the first 4 wk, and 51 (79.7%) during the first year of life. Of the total neonatal deaths in the population (3 per 1000), CHDs occurred in 21.5%. Mortality for children with CHDs was not significantly different between the cohorts born in 1982-1991 and 1992-2002, for either neonatal deaths or deaths later on (p>0.05). Out of 170 patients in whom therapeutic procedures (surgery, catheter interventions) were undertaken, 34 (20%) died. Nine cases (1.6%) died with unrecognized CHDs; seven of these on the first day of life with severe extracardiac malformations. In 50 (78.1%) cases, death was judged to be caused directly or indirectly from the CHD, and in 14 (21.9%) from extracardiac malformations or other conditions. CONCLUSION CHDs occur in a substantial number of neonatal deaths. Most deaths are caused by cardiac insufficiency. The mortality rate remained unchanged.
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- Alf Meberg
- Department of Paediatrics, Vestfold Hospital Tønsberg, Tønsberg, Norway.
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Vriend JWJ, Mulder BJM. Late complications in patients after repair of aortic coarctation: implications for management. Int J Cardiol 2005; 101:399-406. [PMID: 15907407 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.03.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2003] [Revised: 12/18/2003] [Accepted: 03/05/2004] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Survival of patients with aortic coarctation has dramatically improved after surgical repair became available and the number of patients who were operated and reach adulthood is steadily increasing. However, life expectancy is still not as normal as in unaffected peers. Cardiovascular complications are frequent and require indefinite follow-up. Concern falls chiefly in seven categories: recoarctation, aortic aneurysm formation or aortic dissection, coexisting bicuspid aortic valve, endocarditis, premature coronary atherosclerosis, cerebrovascular accidents and systemic hypertension. In this review, these complications, with particular reference to late hypertension, are discussed and strategies for the clinical management of post-coarctectomy patients are described.
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- Joris W J Vriend
- Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Guntheroth WG, Spiers PS. Is operative closure of a small ventricular septal defect required after an episode of infective endocarditis? Am J Cardiol 2005; 95:960-2. [PMID: 15820162 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.12.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2004] [Revised: 12/02/2004] [Accepted: 12/01/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Warren G Guntheroth
- Department of Pediatrics (Cardiology), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA.
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This article provides an overview of diagnosis and treatment of college students with possible congenital or acquired heart problem issues. Preventive cardiac concerns and issues regarding risk factors for atherosclerotic heart disease are discussed. College students with corrected or palliated heart conditions are included because they are an expanding segment of the adult cardiac population. Selected major syndromes with associated cardiac anomalies and complications are included. Finally, reinforcement and review of cardiac diagnosis or management issues occurring in college students (six case scenarios) are included in the appendix.
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- Eugene F Luckstead
- Department of Pediatrics, Texas Tech Medical School-Amarillo, 1500 Coulter Street, Amarillo, TX 79106, USA.
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Injury to the myocardium disrupts geometric integrity and results in changes to intracardiac pressure, wall stress and tension, and the pattern of blood flow through the heart. Significant disruption to pump function results in heart failure which is defined in terms of symptoms: breathlessness and fatigue, signs of salt and water retention, and neurohormonal activation. This syndrome most commonly occurs in the context of injury due to ischaemic heart disease and dilated cardiomyopathy but because patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) are born with sometimes gross distortions of cardiac anatomy they too are subject to the forces that drive heart failure. This paper explores the available data relating to the clinical and neurohormonal manifestations of heart failure in patients with congenital heart disease and describes how, by additionally exploring events at a cellular level, we may be able to arrive at a definition of heart failure relevant to this population.
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- Aidan P Bolger
- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK.
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Although modern medicine has improved survival in congenital heart disease dramatically, the long-term course carries a risk of late complications. The incidence of infective endocarditis in adults with congenital heart disease is more than 10 times higher than that of the normal population. Identification of the high-risk groups, a high diagnostic alert, and no random prescription of antibiotics to these patients are important issues to health care providers. There is also a need for a structured education of patients on preventive measures and symptoms of infective endocarditis.
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- Ulf Thilén
- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, SE-221, 85 Lund, Sweden.
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María Oliver Ruiz J. Cardiopatías congénitas del adulto: residuos, secuelas y complicaciones de las cardiopatías congénitas operadas en la infancia. Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed) 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0300-8932(03)76824-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Boneva RS, Botto LD, Moore CA, Yang Q, Correa A, Erickson JD. Mortality Associated With Congenital Heart Defects in the United States. Circulation 2001; 103:2376-81. [PMID: 11352887 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.103.19.2376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 364] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background
—Surgical series and some population-based studies have documented a decrease in mortality from heart defects. Recent population-based data for the United States are lacking, however. We examined population-based data for patterns, time trends, and racial differences of mortality from heart defects for the United States from 1979 through 1997.
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—We examined the multiple-cause mortality files compiled by the National Center for Health Statistics of the CDC from all death certificates filed in the United States. From these data, we derived death rates (deaths per 100 000 population) by the decedent’s age, race, year of death, and heart defect type. We also analyzed age at death as an indirect indicator of survival. From 1979 through 1997, mortality from heart defects (all ages) declined 39%, from 2.5 to 1.5 per 100 000 population; among infants, the decline was 39%, or 2.7% per year. In 1995 to 1997, heart defects contributed to 5822 deaths per year. Of these deaths, 51% were among infants and 7% among children 1 to 4 years old. Mortality was on average 19% higher among blacks than among whites; this gap does not appear to be closing. Age at death increased for most heart defects, although less among blacks than among whites.
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—Mortality from heart defects is declining in the United States, although it remains a major cause of death in infancy and childhood. Age at death is increasing, suggesting that more affected persons are living to adolescence and adulthood. The racial discrepancies should be investigated to identify opportunities for prevention.
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- R S Boneva
- National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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OBJECTIVE To predict the growth in demand for long term follow up of adults with congenital heart disease. DESIGN Observed diagnoses of congenital heart disease in infancy and childhood were adjusted for observed infant survival, predicted further survival to age 16 years, underascertainment in older childhood, and predicted need for long term follow up. SETTING The resident population of one health region in the UK. PATIENTS All confirmed cardiovascular malformations diagnosed in 1985 to 1999 in children born in 1985 to 1994. RESULTS 1942 cases of congenital heart disease were diagnosed in infancy in a population of 377 310 live births (5.2/1000). 1588 (82%) survived to 1 year and 1514 were predicted to survive to age 16. 605 further diagnoses were made in childhood-678 when adjusted for underascertainment. Thus, 2192 children were predicted to reach age 16, of whom 784 would require long term follow up in adult life. The adult population would comprise 28% complex, 54% significant, and 18% minor congenital heart disease. These figures predict the need for adult follow up of congenital heart disease of over 200 extra cases per 100 000 live births each year or over 1600 extra cases a year every year in the UK. CONCLUSIONS The need for follow up of congenital heart disease in adult life is likely to grow linearly, with increasing complexity and increasing need for reinvestigation and reintervention with time. Appropriate provision should be made for adequate manpower, resources, and facilities for care of these patients.
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- C Wren
- Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN, UK.
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Factores influyentes en la evolución de la mortalidad de las cardiopatías congénitas. Estudio sobre 1.216 niños en la Comunidad Autónoma de Murcia (1978-1990). Rev Esp Cardiol 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0300-8932(01)76312-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Bosi G, Scorrano M, Tosato G, Forini E, Chakrokh R. The Italian Multicentric Study on Epidemiology of Congenital Heart Disease: first step of the analysis. Working Party of the Italian Society of Pediatric Cardiology. Cardiol Young 1999; 9:291-9. [PMID: 10386699 DOI: 10.1017/s1047951100004960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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We present the aims, methodology and initial results from the Italian Multicentric Study for the registration and follow-up of congenital heart disease. The general aims are to measure the prevalence of congenital heart disease in different geographic areas of Italy, and to assess the survival and outcome of affected babies. During the years 1992 and 1993, eighteen centers for Pediatric Cardiology spread all over the Country enrolled 1445 new babies with congenital cardiac malformations from a population of 341,647 surveyed livebirths. The new cases were registered using the same methodologic criteria of the EUROCAT study in order to evaluate differences and/or similarities between the studies. The prevalence varied between 1.8% and 8.1%; the average being 4.6%. The large range in prevalence is presumed to be related to different customs and hierarchies in flow and referral of patients. We provide total prevalence of individual lesions, and distribution of sentinel cardiac anomalies, in the Italian study and compare them with EUROCAT. Isolated ventricular septal defect is the most common lesion (39%); followed by atrial septal defect (7.5%); pulmonary valvar stenosis (7.3%); atrioventricular septal defects (5.4%); patency of the arterial duct (3.8%); complete transposition (3.7%); tetralogy of Fallot (3.3%); aortic coarctation (2.4%); aortic valvar stenosis (2.2%); and left heart hypoplasia (1.8%). The echographic stratification of ventricular and atrial septal defects, by location and size, was in keeping with the findings of the EUROCAT study. Because of the recent widespread availability of color-Doppler techniques, the stratification of aortic and pulmonary valvar stenosis was an innovative approach in our study. Among the complex cardiovascular anomalies, double inlet ventricle and pulmonary atresia had a proportion of about 2% each; with double outlet right ventricle, common arterial trunk, Ebstein's malformation, tricuspid atresia, interrupted aortic arch and totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection having a proportion ranging from 0.5 to 0.8%. We discuss clinical features, such as frequency of extracardiac anomalies and familial aggregation of congenital heart disease, in comparison with the EUROCAT data.
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- G Bosi
- Department of Med. Clin. Experiment, University of Ferrara, Italy.
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Cumming GR. Life insurance implications of mortality for up to 40 years after repair of congenital heart defects in childhood. J R Soc Med 1999; 92:73-9. [PMID: 10450216 PMCID: PMC1297064 DOI: 10.1177/014107689909200207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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- G R Cumming
- Medical Department, Great-West Life Assurance Co, Winnipeg, Canada
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The average life expectancy of patients with congenital heart disease has dramatically improved over the past four decades because of advances in medical and surgical therapy, with patients with complex lesions surviving to adolescence and adulthood. Tetralogy of Fallot, transposition of the great arteries, ventricular septal defects, patent ductus, and bicuspid aortic valves in particular are susceptible to infective endocarditis. Most operated patients are left with some form of residua or sequelae, many of which predispose to infective endocarditis. Surgical palliation, such as systemic-to-pulmonary shunts, and reparative surgery, often requiring prosthetic valve or conduit replacement, are major predisposing conditions. Accordingly, recognition, prevention, and treatment strategies for infective endocarditis assume increasing importance in adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease, operated or not.
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- H Dodo
- Division of Cardiology, National Children's Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Moller JH, Taubert KA, Allen HD, Clark EB, Lauer RM. Cardiovascular health and disease in children: current status. A Special Writing Group from the Task Force on Children and Youth, American Heart Association. Circulation 1994; 89:923-30. [PMID: 8313589 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.89.2.923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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More than 600,000 children in the United States have a congenital or acquired cardiac abnormality, and millions more are at risk of developing atherosclerotic disease in adulthood, a risk made particularly evident by the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in the young. There are barriers to optimum prevention and treatment of these conditions in children and youth. The AHA's Task Force on Children and Youth has described these barriers and outlined a series of recommendations and strategies to meet the challenges they impose. More research is needed, and research initiatives will be developed at scientific conferences designed to review critical areas of cardiac development and etiology of disease in children. Financial support for such research initiatives must be increased. Educational programs on cardiovascular risk factors will be extended to children and their families. When these programs are coordinated with efforts in the community and in schools, they will reduce the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors. The task force recommends that various departments and committees of the AHA use their resources for the benefit of children: for example, by developing more research initiatives for funding by the AHA or NHLBI and increasing legislative and regulatory efforts in the areas such as mandatory school health programs and tobacco advertising. It is hoped that in the next decade, through research and educational efforts, many advances in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases in the young will be realized.
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- J H Moller
- American Heart Association, Dallas, TX 75231-4596
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Silberbach M, Shumaker D, Menashe V, Cobanoglu A, Morris C. Predicting hospital charge and length of stay for congenital heart disease surgery. Am J Cardiol 1993; 72:958-63. [PMID: 8213555 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(93)91114-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Three hundred twenty-two consecutive operations between December 1985 and December 1989 for 10 types of low-risk congenital cardiac malformations were reviewed to determine the hospital charge and postoperative length of stay. Multiple regression analysis of variance was used to predict the influence of the primary diagnosis and various preoperative parameters. The average hospital charge was $27,262 +/- $20,644 and the postoperative length of stay was 9.3 +/- 8.3 days. Age at operation alone did not influence the dependent variables. The diagnosis of atrial septal defect (p = 0.002) or coarctation of the aorta (p = 0.002) decreased the mean charge, whereas the 8 other primary diagnoses did not significantly influence the mean charge. Other preoperative factors found to be predictive of increased hospital charge were: the date of operation (p < 0.001), cyanosis (p = 0.008), previous thoracic surgery (p = 0.02), failure to thrive (p < 0.001), associated major extra cardiac anomalies (p < 0.001), oxygen requirement (p = 0.02), and distance > 100 miles from home to hospital (p = 0.05). A primary diagnosis of atrial septal defect decreased the mean postoperative length of stay by 3.1 days (p < 0.001). Other preoperative conditions increased the mean postoperative length of stay: major extracardiac malformation (p < 0.001), failure to thrive (p < 0.001), and oxygen requirement (p = 0.003). Charge and length of stay equations were generated which may assist in the prediction of resource utilization in this patient population.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- M Silberbach
- Clinical Care Center for Congenital Heart Disease, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland
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OBJECTIVE To determine the life and health insurability and employability of young adults with congenital heart disease. DESIGN Questionnaire study. SETTING Cardiac department of a tertiary referral hospital for children. PATIENTS Young adults 18-30 years old with a variety of congenital heart defects, both simple and complex, including postoperative patients. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Availability of insurance at normal or high rates, with or without special conditions or exclusions. Prospects for employment. RESULTS Questionnaires were sent to eight large life insurance companies, five health insurance companies and, 15 employers, and 26 replies were received (93%). The consensus for life insurability was that young adults with mitral valve prolapse without regurgitation, postoperative ductus arteriosus, and aortic coarctation were insurable at standard rates. Those with any of the other heart defects listed were either insurable at high rates, or in the case of many lesions, not insurable at all. The consensus for health insurance was that insurance was available, but with complete exclusion of benefit for the cardiac disorder. Employment prospects were good for those with simple defects, but poorer for those with complex lesions. CONCLUSIONS Prospects for insurance and employment for young adults with complex congenital heart lesions are poor. Inconsistencies found in insurance and job policies may be due to lack of appropriate guidelines for the outcome of young adults with corrected and uncorrected congenital heart disease.
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- D S Celermajer
- Cardiothoracic Unit, Hospitals for Sick Children, London
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