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Mastropietro CW, Sassalos P, Riley CM, Piggott K, Allen KY, Prentice E, Safa R, Buckley JR, Werho DK, Wakeham M, Smerling A, Yates AR, Iliopoulos I, Sandhu H, Chiwane S, Beshish A, Kwiatkowski DM, Flores S, Narashimhulu SS, Loomba R, Capone CA, Pike F, Costello JM. Clinical Outcomes After Tracheostomy in Children With Single Ventricle Physiology: Collaborative Research From the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society Multicenter Cohort, 2010-2021. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2024; 25:728-739. [PMID: 38683049 DOI: 10.1097/pcc.0000000000003523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
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OBJECTIVES Multicenter studies reporting outcomes following tracheostomy in children with congenital heart disease are limited, particularly in patients with single ventricle physiology. We aimed to describe clinical characteristics and outcomes in a multicenter cohort of patients with single ventricle physiology who underwent tracheostomy before Fontan operation. DESIGN Multicenter retrospective cohort study. SETTING Twenty-one tertiary care pediatric institutions participating in the Collaborative Research from the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society. PATIENTS We reviewed 99 children with single ventricle physiology who underwent tracheostomy before the Fontan operation at 21 institutions participating in Collaborative Research from the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society between January 2010 and December 2020, with follow-up through December 31, 2021. INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Death occurred in 51 of 99 patients (52%). Cox proportional hazard analysis was performed to determine factors associated with death after tracheostomy. Results are presented as hazard ratio (HR) with 95% CIs. Nonrespiratory indication(s) for tracheostomy (HR, 2.21; 95% CI, 1.14-4.32) and number of weeks receiving mechanical ventilation before tracheostomy (HR, 1.06; 95% CI, 1.02-1.11) were independently associated with greater hazard of death. In contrast, diagnosis of tricuspid atresia or Ebstein's anomaly was associated with less hazard of death (HR, 0.16; 95% CI, 0.04-0.69). Favorable outcome, defined as survival to Fontan operation or decannulation while awaiting Fontan operation with viable cardiopulmonary physiology, occurred in 29 of 99 patients (29%). Median duration of mechanical ventilation before tracheostomy was shorter in patients who survived to favorable outcome (6.1 vs. 12.1 wk; p < 0.001), and only one of 16 patients with neurologic indications for tracheostomy and 0 of ten patients with cardiac indications for tracheostomy survived to favorable outcome. CONCLUSIONS For children with single ventricle physiology who undergo tracheostomy, mortality risk is high and should be carefully considered when discussing tracheostomy as an option for these children. Favorable outcomes are possible, although thoughtful attention to patient selection and tracheostomy timing are likely necessary to achieve this goal.
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- Christopher W Mastropietro
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Indiana University School of Medicine, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiac Critical Care, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care LSU School of Medicine Children's Hospital, New Orleans, LA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiac Critical Care, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care, Helen Devos Children's Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of California San Diego, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiac Critical Care, Medical College of Wisconsin, Herma Heart Institute-Children's Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Pediatrics, Sections of Cardiology and Critical Care, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiac Critical Care, The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Saint Louis University, Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, Saint Louis, MO
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Palo Alto, CA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Chicago Medical School, Advocate Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Cohen Children's Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY
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- Department of Biostatistics and Health Data Science, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
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Amdani S, Conway J, George K, Martinez HR, Asante-Korang A, Goldberg CS, Davies RR, Miyamoto SD, Hsu DT. Evaluation and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in Children and Adolescents With Congenital Heart Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation 2024; 150:e33-e50. [PMID: 38808502 DOI: 10.1161/cir.0000000000001245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2024]
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With continued medical and surgical advancements, most children and adolescents with congenital heart disease are expected to survive to adulthood. Chronic heart failure is increasingly being recognized as a major contributor to ongoing morbidity and mortality in this population as it ages, and treatment strategies to prevent and treat heart failure in the pediatric population are needed. In addition to primary myocardial dysfunction, anatomical and pathophysiological abnormalities specific to various congenital heart disease lesions contribute to the development of heart failure and affect potential strategies commonly used to treat adult patients with heart failure. This scientific statement highlights the significant knowledge gaps in understanding the epidemiology, pathophysiology, staging, and outcomes of chronic heart failure in children and adolescents with congenital heart disease not amenable to catheter-based or surgical interventions. Efforts to harmonize the definitions, staging, follow-up, and approach to heart failure in children with congenital heart disease are critical to enable the conduct of rigorous scientific studies to advance our understanding of the actual burden of heart failure in this population and to allow the development of evidence-based heart failure therapies that can improve outcomes for this high-risk cohort.
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Festa P, Lovato L, Bianco F, Alaimo A, Angeli E, Baccano G, Barbi E, Bennati E, Bonhoeffer P, Bucciarelli V, Curione D, Ciliberti P, Clemente A, Di Salvo G, Esposito A, Ferroni F, Gaeta A, Giovagnoni A, Inserra MC, Leonardi B, Marcora S, Marrone C, Peritore G, Pergola V, Pluchinotta F, Puppini G, Stagnaro N, Raimondi F, Sandrini C, Spaziani G, Tchana B, Trocchio G, Ait-Ali L, Secinaro A. Recommendations for cardiovascular magnetic resonance and computed tomography in congenital heart disease: a consensus paper from the CMR/CCT Working Group of the Italian Society of Pediatric Cardiology and the Italian College of Cardiac Radiology endorsed by the Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (Part II). J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) 2024; 25:473-487. [PMID: 38829936 DOI: 10.2459/jcm.0000000000001628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2024]
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Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) and computed tomography (CCT) are advanced imaging modalities that recently revolutionized the conventional diagnostic approach to congenital heart diseases (CHD), supporting echocardiography and often replacing cardiac catheterization. This is the second of two complementary documents, endorsed by experts from the Working Group of the Italian Society of Pediatric Cardiology and the Italian College of Cardiac Radiology of the Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology, aimed at giving updated indications on the appropriate use of CMR and CCT in different clinical CHD settings, in both pediatrics and adults. In this article, support is also given to radiologists, pediatricians, cardiologists, and cardiac surgeons for indications and appropriateness criteria for CMR and CCT in the most referred CHD, following the proposed new criteria presented and discussed in the first document. This second document also examines the impact of devices and prostheses for CMR and CCT in CHD and additionally presents some indications for CMR and CCT exams when sedation or narcosis is needed.
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- Pierluigi Festa
- Pediatric Cardiology and GUCH Unit, Fondazione 'G. Monasterio' CNR-Regione Toscana, Massa-Pisa
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Pediatric and Adult CardioThoracic and Vascular, Oncohematologic and Emergency Radiology Unit, Bologna
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- Department of Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti Ancona 'Umberto I, G. M. Lancisi, G. Salesi', Ancona
- Congenital Heart Diseases Working Group of the Italian Society of Cardiology, Rome
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- Congenital Heart Diseases Working Group of the Italian Society of Cardiology, Rome
- U.O.C. di Cardiologia Pediatrica, ARNAS Civico-Di Cristina-Benfratelli, Palermo
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- Pediatric & Grown-up Congenital Cardiac Surgery Unit, Cardiothoracic-Vascular Department, University Hospital S. Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology - Centro Cardiologico Pediatrico Mediterraneo, Taormina
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- Institute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS 'Burlo Garofolo'
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Trieste, Trieste
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- Congenital Heart Diseases Working Group of the Italian Society of Cardiology, Rome
- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, IRCCS Meyer Children's Hospital, Florence
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- Department of Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti Ancona 'Umberto I, G. M. Lancisi, G. Salesi', Ancona
- Congenital Heart Diseases Working Group of the Italian Society of Cardiology, Rome
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- Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging Unit - Department of Imaging, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital
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- Congenital Heart Diseases Working Group of the Italian Society of Cardiology, Rome
- Cardiology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome
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- UOC Imaging Multimodale Cardiovascolare e Neuroradiologico - Dipartimento Immagini, Fondazione Toscana 'Gabriele Monasterio'/CNR - Pisa
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- Congenital Heart Diseases Working Group of the Italian Society of Cardiology, Rome
- Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padua, Padua
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- Clinical and Experimental Radiology Unit, Experimental Imaging Center IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan
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- Radiology Unit, Pediatric Hospital Giovanni XXIII, Bari
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- Radiology department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti Ancona 'Umberto I, G. M. Lancisi, G. Salesi', Ancona
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- Congenital Heart Diseases Working Group of the Italian Society of Cardiology, Rome
- Radiologia 2 - Centro Alta Specialità e Trapianti (C.A.S.T.), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico San Marco. Catania
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- Congenital Heart Diseases Working Group of the Italian Society of Cardiology, Rome
- Cardiology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome
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- Congenital Heart Diseases Working Group of the Italian Society of Cardiology, Rome
- USSD Cardiologia Pediatrica, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan
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- Pediatric Cardiology and GUCH Unit, Fondazione 'G. Monasterio' CNR-Regione Toscana, Massa-Pisa
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- U.O.C. di Radiodiagnostica, ARNAS Civico-Di Cristina-Benfratelli, Palermo
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, Padua
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Adult Congenital Heart Disease, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, IRCCS Meyer Children's Hospital, Florence
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, IRCCS Meyer Children's Hospital, Florence
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- Department of Pediatrics, Ospedale dei Bambini Barilla, University of Parma, Parma
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- Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Institute, Pisa, Italy
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Waheed‐Ullah Q, Wilsdon A, Abbad A, Rochette S, Bu'Lock F, Hitz M, Dombrowsky G, Cuello F, Brook JD, Loughna S. Effect of deletion of the protein kinase PRKD1 on development of the mouse embryonic heart. J Anat 2024; 245:70-83. [PMID: 38419169 PMCID: PMC11161829 DOI: 10.1111/joa.14033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 02/14/2024] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
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Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common congenital anomaly, with an overall incidence of approximately 1% in the United Kingdom. Exome sequencing in large CHD cohorts has been performed to provide insights into the genetic aetiology of CHD. This includes a study of 1891 probands by our group in collaboration with others, which identified three novel genes-CDK13, PRKD1, and CHD4, in patients with syndromic CHD. PRKD1 encodes a serine/threonine protein kinase, which is important in a variety of fundamental cellular functions. Individuals with a heterozygous mutation in PRKD1 may have facial dysmorphism, ectodermal dysplasia and may have CHDs such as pulmonary stenosis, atrioventricular septal defects, coarctation of the aorta and bicuspid aortic valve. To obtain a greater appreciation for the role that this essential protein kinase plays in cardiogenesis and CHD, we have analysed a Prkd1 transgenic mouse model (Prkd1em1) carrying deletion of exon 2, causing loss of function. High-resolution episcopic microscopy affords detailed morphological 3D analysis of the developing heart and provides evidence for an essential role of Prkd1 in both normal cardiac development and CHD. We show that homozygous deletion of Prkd1 is associated with complex forms of CHD such as atrioventricular septal defects, and bicuspid aortic and pulmonary valves, and is lethal. Even in heterozygotes, cardiac differences occur. However, given that 97% of Prkd1 heterozygous mice display normal heart development, it is likely that one normal allele is sufficient, with the defects seen most likely to represent sporadic events. Moreover, mRNA and protein expression levels were investigated by RT-qPCR and western immunoblotting, respectively. A significant reduction in Prkd1 mRNA levels was seen in homozygotes, but not heterozygotes, compared to WT littermates. While a trend towards lower PRKD1 protein expression was seen in the heterozygotes, the difference was only significant in the homozygotes. There was no compensation by the related Prkd2 and Prkd3 at transcript level, as evidenced by RT-qPCR. Overall, we demonstrate a vital role of Prkd1 in heart development and the aetiology of CHD.
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- Qazi Waheed‐Ullah
- School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesUniversity of NottinghamNottinghamUK
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- School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesUniversity of NottinghamNottinghamUK
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- School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesUniversity of NottinghamNottinghamUK
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- School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesUniversity of NottinghamNottinghamUK
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- East Midlands Congenital Heart CentreUniversity Hospitals of Leicester NHS TrustLeicesterUK
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- Institute of Medical GeneticsCarl von Ossietzky University OldenburgOldenburgGermany
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- Institute of Medical GeneticsCarl von Ossietzky University OldenburgOldenburgGermany
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- Institute of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cardiovascular Research CenterUniversity Medical Center Hamburg‐EppendorfHamburgGermany
- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/LübeckUniversity Medical Center Hamburg‐EppendorfHamburgGermany
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- School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesUniversity of NottinghamNottinghamUK
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- School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesUniversity of NottinghamNottinghamUK
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Fogaça-da-Mata M, Martínez-Barrios E, Jiménez-Montañés L, Cruzalegui J, Chipa-Ccasani F, Greco A, Cesar S, Díez-Escuté N, Cerralbo P, Zschaeck I, Clavero Adell M, Ayerza-Casas A, Palanca-Arias D, López M, Campuzano O, Brugada J, Sarquella-Brugada G. Brugada Syndrome and Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Interventricular Septum: Fortuitous Finding or New Genetic Connection? Genes (Basel) 2024; 15:638. [PMID: 38790267 PMCID: PMC11121103 DOI: 10.3390/genes15050638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2024] [Revised: 05/15/2024] [Accepted: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024] Open
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Brugada syndrome is a rare arrhythmogenic syndrome associated mainly with pathogenic variants in the SCN5A gene. Right ventricle outflow tract fibrosis has been reported in some cases of patients diagnosed with Brugada syndrome. Pulmonary atresia with an intact ventricular septum is characterized by the lack of a functional pulmonary valve, due to the underdevelopment of the right ventricle outflow tract. We report, for the first time, a 4-year-old boy with pulmonary atresia with an intact ventricular septum who harbored a pathogenic de novo variant in SCN5A, and the ajmaline test unmasked a type-1 Brugada pattern. We suggest that deleterious variants in the SCN5A gene could be implicated in pulmonary atresia with an intact ventricular septum embryogenesis, leading to overlapping phenotypes.
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- Miguel Fogaça-da-Mata
- Arrhythmia, Inherited Cardiac Diseases and Sudden Death Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Passeig Sant Joan de Déu 2, Esplugues de Llobregat, 08950 Barcelona, Spain; (M.F.-d.-M.); (E.M.-B.); (J.C.); (F.C.-C.); (A.G.); (S.C.); (N.D.-E.); (P.C.); (I.Z.)
- Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Hospital de Santa Cruz, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, 1449-005 Lisbon, Portugal
- European Reference Network for Rare, Low Prevalence and Complex Diseases of the Heart (ERN GUARD-Heart), 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Arrhythmia, Inherited Cardiac Diseases and Sudden Death Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Passeig Sant Joan de Déu 2, Esplugues de Llobregat, 08950 Barcelona, Spain; (M.F.-d.-M.); (E.M.-B.); (J.C.); (F.C.-C.); (A.G.); (S.C.); (N.D.-E.); (P.C.); (I.Z.)
- European Reference Network for Rare, Low Prevalence and Complex Diseases of the Heart (ERN GUARD-Heart), 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Arrítmies Pediàtriques, Cardiologia Genètica i Mort Sobtada, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Santa Rosa 39–57, Esplugues de Llobregat, 08950 Barcelona, Spain
- Medical Science Department, School of Medicine, Universitat de Girona, 17003 Girona, Spain;
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- Pediatric Cardiology Unit, University Hospital Miguel Servet, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain; (L.J.-M.); (M.C.A.); (A.A.-C.); (D.P.-A.); (M.L.)
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- Arrhythmia, Inherited Cardiac Diseases and Sudden Death Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Passeig Sant Joan de Déu 2, Esplugues de Llobregat, 08950 Barcelona, Spain; (M.F.-d.-M.); (E.M.-B.); (J.C.); (F.C.-C.); (A.G.); (S.C.); (N.D.-E.); (P.C.); (I.Z.)
- European Reference Network for Rare, Low Prevalence and Complex Diseases of the Heart (ERN GUARD-Heart), 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Arrítmies Pediàtriques, Cardiologia Genètica i Mort Sobtada, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Santa Rosa 39–57, Esplugues de Llobregat, 08950 Barcelona, Spain
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- Arrhythmia, Inherited Cardiac Diseases and Sudden Death Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Passeig Sant Joan de Déu 2, Esplugues de Llobregat, 08950 Barcelona, Spain; (M.F.-d.-M.); (E.M.-B.); (J.C.); (F.C.-C.); (A.G.); (S.C.); (N.D.-E.); (P.C.); (I.Z.)
- European Reference Network for Rare, Low Prevalence and Complex Diseases of the Heart (ERN GUARD-Heart), 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Arrítmies Pediàtriques, Cardiologia Genètica i Mort Sobtada, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Santa Rosa 39–57, Esplugues de Llobregat, 08950 Barcelona, Spain
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- Arrhythmia, Inherited Cardiac Diseases and Sudden Death Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Passeig Sant Joan de Déu 2, Esplugues de Llobregat, 08950 Barcelona, Spain; (M.F.-d.-M.); (E.M.-B.); (J.C.); (F.C.-C.); (A.G.); (S.C.); (N.D.-E.); (P.C.); (I.Z.)
- European Reference Network for Rare, Low Prevalence and Complex Diseases of the Heart (ERN GUARD-Heart), 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Arrítmies Pediàtriques, Cardiologia Genètica i Mort Sobtada, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Santa Rosa 39–57, Esplugues de Llobregat, 08950 Barcelona, Spain
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- Arrhythmia, Inherited Cardiac Diseases and Sudden Death Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Passeig Sant Joan de Déu 2, Esplugues de Llobregat, 08950 Barcelona, Spain; (M.F.-d.-M.); (E.M.-B.); (J.C.); (F.C.-C.); (A.G.); (S.C.); (N.D.-E.); (P.C.); (I.Z.)
- European Reference Network for Rare, Low Prevalence and Complex Diseases of the Heart (ERN GUARD-Heart), 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Arrítmies Pediàtriques, Cardiologia Genètica i Mort Sobtada, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Santa Rosa 39–57, Esplugues de Llobregat, 08950 Barcelona, Spain
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- Arrhythmia, Inherited Cardiac Diseases and Sudden Death Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Passeig Sant Joan de Déu 2, Esplugues de Llobregat, 08950 Barcelona, Spain; (M.F.-d.-M.); (E.M.-B.); (J.C.); (F.C.-C.); (A.G.); (S.C.); (N.D.-E.); (P.C.); (I.Z.)
- European Reference Network for Rare, Low Prevalence and Complex Diseases of the Heart (ERN GUARD-Heart), 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Arrítmies Pediàtriques, Cardiologia Genètica i Mort Sobtada, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Santa Rosa 39–57, Esplugues de Llobregat, 08950 Barcelona, Spain
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- Arrhythmia, Inherited Cardiac Diseases and Sudden Death Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Passeig Sant Joan de Déu 2, Esplugues de Llobregat, 08950 Barcelona, Spain; (M.F.-d.-M.); (E.M.-B.); (J.C.); (F.C.-C.); (A.G.); (S.C.); (N.D.-E.); (P.C.); (I.Z.)
- European Reference Network for Rare, Low Prevalence and Complex Diseases of the Heart (ERN GUARD-Heart), 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Arrítmies Pediàtriques, Cardiologia Genètica i Mort Sobtada, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Santa Rosa 39–57, Esplugues de Llobregat, 08950 Barcelona, Spain
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- Arrhythmia, Inherited Cardiac Diseases and Sudden Death Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Passeig Sant Joan de Déu 2, Esplugues de Llobregat, 08950 Barcelona, Spain; (M.F.-d.-M.); (E.M.-B.); (J.C.); (F.C.-C.); (A.G.); (S.C.); (N.D.-E.); (P.C.); (I.Z.)
- European Reference Network for Rare, Low Prevalence and Complex Diseases of the Heart (ERN GUARD-Heart), 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Arrítmies Pediàtriques, Cardiologia Genètica i Mort Sobtada, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Santa Rosa 39–57, Esplugues de Llobregat, 08950 Barcelona, Spain
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- Pediatric Cardiology Unit, University Hospital Miguel Servet, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain; (L.J.-M.); (M.C.A.); (A.A.-C.); (D.P.-A.); (M.L.)
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- Pediatric Cardiology Unit, University Hospital Miguel Servet, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain; (L.J.-M.); (M.C.A.); (A.A.-C.); (D.P.-A.); (M.L.)
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- Pediatric Cardiology Unit, University Hospital Miguel Servet, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain; (L.J.-M.); (M.C.A.); (A.A.-C.); (D.P.-A.); (M.L.)
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- Pediatric Cardiology Unit, University Hospital Miguel Servet, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain; (L.J.-M.); (M.C.A.); (A.A.-C.); (D.P.-A.); (M.L.)
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- Medical Science Department, School of Medicine, Universitat de Girona, 17003 Girona, Spain;
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, 28029 Madrid, Spain;
- Cardiovascular Genetics Center, University of Girona—IDIBGI, 17190 Girona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, 28029 Madrid, Spain;
- Arrhythmias Unit, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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- Arrhythmia, Inherited Cardiac Diseases and Sudden Death Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Passeig Sant Joan de Déu 2, Esplugues de Llobregat, 08950 Barcelona, Spain; (M.F.-d.-M.); (E.M.-B.); (J.C.); (F.C.-C.); (A.G.); (S.C.); (N.D.-E.); (P.C.); (I.Z.)
- European Reference Network for Rare, Low Prevalence and Complex Diseases of the Heart (ERN GUARD-Heart), 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Arrítmies Pediàtriques, Cardiologia Genètica i Mort Sobtada, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Santa Rosa 39–57, Esplugues de Llobregat, 08950 Barcelona, Spain
- Medical Science Department, School of Medicine, Universitat de Girona, 17003 Girona, Spain;
- Department of Surgery and Medico-Surgical Specialties, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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Michel-Behnke I, Kumar RK, Justo R, Zabal C, Marshall AC, Jacobs JP. Closing the gap between acceptable and ideal in catheterisation for paediatric and congenital heart disease-A global view. Cardiol Young 2024:1-8. [PMID: 38699826 DOI: 10.1017/s1047951124000027] [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: 05/05/2024]
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In recent issues of the Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Interventions, Holzer and colleagues presented an Expert Consensus Document titled: "PICS / AEPC / APPCS / CSANZ / SCAI / SOLACI: Expert consensus statement on cardiac catheterization for pediatric patients and adults with congenital heart disease." This Expert Consensus Document is a massively important contribution to the community of paediatric and congenital cardiac care. This document was developed as an Expert Consensus Document by the Pediatric and Congenital Interventional Cardiovascular Society, the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology, the Asia-Pacific Pediatric Cardiac Society, the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and the Latin American Society of Interventional Cardiology, as well as the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine.As perfectly stated in the Preamble of this Expert Consensus Document, "This expert consensus document is intended to inform practitioners, payors, hospital administrators and other parties as to the opinion of the aforementioned societies about best practices for cardiac catheterisation and transcatheter management of paediatric and adult patients with congenital heart disease, with added accommodations for resource-limited environments." And, the fact that the authorship of this Expert Consensus Document includes global representation is notable, commendable, and important.This Expert Consensus Document has the potential to fill an important gap for this patient population. National guideline documents for specific aspects of interventions in patients with paediatric heart disease, including training guidelines, do exist. However, this current Expert Consensus Document authored by Holzer and colleagues provides truly globally applicable standards on cardiac catheterisation for both paediatric patients and adults with congenital heart disease (CHD).Our current Editorial provides different regional perspectives from senior physicians dedicated to paediatric and congenital cardiac care who are practicing in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, Latin America, Australia/New Zealand, and North America. Establishing worldwide standards for cardiac catheterisation laboratories for children and adults with CHD is a significant stride towards improving the quality and consistency of care. These standards should not only reflect the current state of medical knowledge but should also be adaptable to future advancements, ultimately fostering better outcomes and enhancing the lives of individuals affected by CHD worldwide.Ensuring that these standards are accessible and adaptable across different healthcare settings globally is a critical step. Given the variability in resources and infrastructure globally, the need exists for flexibility and tailoring to implement recommendations.The potential impact of the Expert Consensus Document and its recommendations is likely significant, but heterogeneity of healthcare systems will pose continuing challenges on healthcare professionals. Indeed, this heterogeneity of healthcare systems will challenge healthcare professionals to finally close the gap between acceptable and ideal in the catheterisation of patients with paediatric and/or congenital heart disease.
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- Ina Michel-Behnke
- Pediatric Heart Center Vienna, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University Hospital for Children and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Queensland Children's Hospital, University of Queensland, South Brisbane, Australia
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- CMO Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Congenital Heart Center, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Ye F, Xu X, Wang Y, Chen L, Shan Q, Wang Q, Jin F. The yield of SNP microarray analysis for fetal ultrasound cardiac abnormalities. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2024; 24:244. [PMID: 38580914 PMCID: PMC10998306 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-024-06428-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 04/07/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) has emerged as a critical instrument in prenatal diagnostic procedures, notably in assessing congenital heart diseases (CHD). Nonetheless, current research focuses solely on CHD, overlooking the necessity for thorough comparative investigations encompassing fetuses with varied structural abnormalities or those without apparent structural anomalies. OBJECTIVE This study sought to assess the relation of single nucleotide polymorphism-based chromosomal microarray analysis (SNP-based CMA) in identifying the underlying causes of fetal cardiac ultrasound abnormalities. METHODS A total of 2092 pregnant women who underwent prenatal diagnosis from 2017 to 2022 were included in the study and divided into four groups based on the presence of ultrasound structural abnormalities and the specific type of abnormality. The results of the SNP-Array test conducted on amniotic fluid samples from these groups were analyzed. RESULTS Findings from the study revealed that the non-isolated CHD group exhibited the highest incidence of aneuploidy, overall chromosomal abnormalities, and trisomy 18, demonstrating statistically significant differences from the other groups (p < 0.001). Regarding the distribution frequency of copy number variation (CNV) segment size, no statistically significant distinctions were observed between the isolated CHD group and the non-isolated CHD group (p > 0.05). The occurrence rates of 22q11.2 and 15q11.2 were also not statistically different between the isolated CHD group and the non-isolated congenital heart defect group (p > 0.05). CONCLUSION SNP-based CMA enhances the capacity to detect abnormal CNVs in CHD fetuses, offering valuable insights for diagnosing chromosomal etiology and facilitating genetic counseling. This research contributes to the broader understanding of the utility of SNP-based CMA in the context of fetal cardiac ultrasound abnormalities.
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- Fenglei Ye
- Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Key Laboratory of Reproductive Genetics of National Ministry of Education, Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 1 Xueshi Road, Hangzhou, 310000, China
- Department of Obstetrics, Lishui Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Lishui, 323000, China
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- Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Key Laboratory of Reproductive Genetics of National Ministry of Education, Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 1 Xueshi Road, Hangzhou, 310000, China
- Department of Laboratory, Jinhua Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Jinhua, 321000, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Lishui Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Lishui, 323000, China
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- Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Key Laboratory of Reproductive Genetics of National Ministry of Education, Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 1 Xueshi Road, Hangzhou, 310000, China
- Department of Obstetrics, Lishui Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Lishui, 323000, China
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- Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Key Laboratory of Reproductive Genetics of National Ministry of Education, Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 1 Xueshi Road, Hangzhou, 310000, China
- Department of Prenatal Diagnosis Center, Lishui Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Lishui, 323000, China
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- Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Key Laboratory of Reproductive Genetics of National Ministry of Education, Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 1 Xueshi Road, Hangzhou, 310000, China.
- Department of Gynecology, Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310000, China.
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- Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Key Laboratory of Reproductive Genetics of National Ministry of Education, Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 1 Xueshi Road, Hangzhou, 310000, China.
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Faim D, Sousa PA, Saleiro C, Palma A, Francisco A, António N, Cristóvão J, Elvas L, Gonçalves L, Pires A. Mid-term outcomes after catheter ablation in patients with congenital heart disease. Cardiol Young 2024; 34:782-787. [PMID: 37828640 DOI: 10.1017/s1047951123003372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Cardiac arrhythmias are a major concern in patients with CHD. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the long-term outcomes in patients with CHD submitted to catheter ablation. MATERIALS AND METHODS Observational retrospective study of patients with CHD referred for catheter ablation from January 2016 to December 2021 in a tertiary referral centre. Acute procedural endpoints and long-term outcomes were assessed. RESULTS A total of 44 ablation procedures were performed in 36 CHD patients (55% male, mean age 43 ±3 years). Fifty-four arrhythmias were ablated: 23 cavotricuspid isthmus atrial flutters, 10 atrial re-entrant tachycardias, eight focal atrial tachycardias, eight atrial fibrillations, three atrioventricular re-entrant tachycardias, and two ventricular tachycardias. During a median follow-up time of 37 months (interquartile range 12-51), freedom from arrhythmia recurrence was achieved in 93%, with 1.2 procedures per patient (18% with anti-arrhythmic drugs). There were no adverse events related to catheter ablation. No predictors of recurrence were identified. CONCLUSION In patients with CHD, catheter ablation presents a high mid-term efficacy while maintaining a safe profile.
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- Diogo Faim
- Paediatric Cardiology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Cardiology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Cardiology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Paediatric Cardiology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Paediatric Cardiology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Cardiology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine, ICBR, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Cardiology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Cardiology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Cardiology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine, ICBR, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Paediatric Cardiology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine, ICBR, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Tabrizi F, Khatami M, Heidari MM, Bragança J, Tatari H, Namnabat M, Hadadzadeh M, Navabi Shirazi MA. Novel and deleterious nucleotide variations in the HAND1 gene probably affect miRNA target sites and protein function in pediatric patients with congenital heart disease. Mol Biol Rep 2024; 51:468. [PMID: 38551686 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-024-09410-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2024] [Accepted: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 04/02/2024]
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BACKGROUND Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most prevalent developmental defect and principal cause of infant mortality and affects cardiac and large blood vessel structures in approximately 1% of live births worldwide. To date, numerous studies have related critical genetic dysfunctions to the pathogenesis of CHDs. However, the genetic basis underlying CHD remains largely unknown. In the present study, we investigated the association of nucleotide variations in coding and noncoding regions of the HAND1 gene with the risk of CHD. The HAND1 gene, encoding a helix-loop-helix transcription factor, is particularly relevant for mechanisms underlying CHD since it plays a significant role in heart development. METHODS AND RESULTS The genomic DNA of 150 unrelated pediatric patients with CHD was screened by PCR-SSCP and direct sequencing. Four novel and heterozygous missense mutations were identified in the first exon, with three causing amino acid substitutions (p.Val149Met, p.Tyr142His, and p.Leu146Met). In-silico analysis also indicated their deleterious impact on protein structure and function. In addition, we identified five novel nucleotide variants in the 3'UTR region (c.*461, c.*342, c.*529, c.*448, c.*593), potentially altering the target sites of miRNAs. These changes include the loss of certain target sites and the acquisition of new ones. CONCLUSIONS These findings confirm the phenotypic association between CHDs and HAND1 mutations and can pave the way for developing new preventive and therapeutic strategies.
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- Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Algarve Biomedical Centre Research Institute (ABC-RI), University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal
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- Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Afshar Hospital, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Sholler GF, Selbie LA, Tallon M, Keating J, Ayer J, Burchill L, Cheung MMH, Cordina R, Culnane E, Donovan S, Eastaugh L, Elliott C, Fletcher J, Justo RN, Kasparian NA, Kelly A, Morsman D, Nicolae M, Orr Y, Pendrick E, Ramsay JM, Reményi B, Shipton S, Weintraub RG, Van Wijk E, Wheaton G, Venugopal P. Australian National Standards of Care for Childhood-onset Heart Disease (CoHD Standards). 1st Edition. Heart Lung Circ 2024; 33:153-196. [PMID: 38453293 DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2023.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
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These first Australian National Standards of Care for Childhood-onset Heart Disease (CoHD Standards) have been developed to inform the healthcare requirements for CoHD services and enable all Australian patients, families and carers impacted by CoHD (paediatric CoHD and adult congenital heart disease [ACHD]) to live their best and healthiest lives. The CoHD Standards are designed to provide the clarity and certainty required for healthcare services to deliver excellent, comprehensive, inclusive, and equitable CoHD care across Australia for patients, families and carers, and offer an iterative roadmap to the future of these services. The CoHD Standards provide a framework for excellent CoHD care, encompassing key requirements and expectations for whole-of-life, holistic and connected healthcare service delivery. The CoHD Standards should be implemented in health services in conjunction with the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards developed by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. All healthcare services should comply with the CoHD Standards, as well as working to their organisation's or jurisdiction's agreed clinical governance framework, to guide the implementation of structures and processes that support safe care.
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- Gary F Sholler
- Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, NSW, Australia; Heart Centre for Children, Sydney, NSW, Australia; The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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- HeartKids Ltd, Parramatta, NSW, Australia; School of Biotechnology & Biomolecular Sciences University of NSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia and Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- HeartKids Ltd, Parramatta, NSW, Australia; Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia; School of Nursing, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, NSW, Australia; Heart Centre for Children, Sydney, NSW, Australia; The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Vic, Australia and Mayo Clinic, Rochester, New York, NY, USA
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- The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia; The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
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- The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
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- The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
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- Queensland Paediatric Specialists, Southport, Qld, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, The Tweed Hospital, Tweed Heads, NSW, Australia and Griffith University, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
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- Queensland Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, Qld, Australia; The University of Queensland, Herston, Qld, Australia; Queensland Paediatric Cardiac Research, Children's Health Queensland, South Brisbane, Qld, Australia
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- Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, NSW, Australia; Heart Centre for Children, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Heart Institute and Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Ohio, OH, USA
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- Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, Herston, Qld, Australia; Mater Hospital Services, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
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- Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, NSW, Australia; Heart Centre for Children, Sydney, NSW, Australia; The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT and Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia; The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Vic, Australia; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
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- HeartKids Ltd, Parramatta, NSW, Australia; Australian Institute of Company Directors, NSW, Australia
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- Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, SA, Australia; University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Queensland Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, Qld, Australia; The University of Queensland, Herston, Qld, Australia
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Wik G, Jortveit J, Sitras V, Perminow KV, Pripp AH, Døhlen G, Rønnestad A, Holmstrøm H. Detection of severe congenital heart defects in live-born infants in Norway 2017-2020. Acta Paediatr 2024; 113:135-142. [PMID: 37646094 DOI: 10.1111/apa.16953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2023] [Revised: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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AIM The aims of this nationwide retrospective cohort study were to determine the time and causes of detection of severe congenital heart defects (CHDs) in live-born infants in Norway between 2017 and 2020. METHODS Information regarding live-born infants with severe CHDs was retrieved from national registries and medical records. RESULTS A total of 219 776 infants were born in Norway from 01.01.2017 to 31.12.2020. Severe CHDs were diagnosed in 442 (0.2%) infants. Of these, 376 (85%) infants were diagnosed either prenatally (n = 203, 46%) or before discharge from hospital after birth (n = 173, 39%). A total of 56 (13%) infants were discharged with undetected CHDs. Time of detection was unknown in 10 cases (2%). The most frequent undetected CHDs at discharge were coarctation of the aorta/aortic arch hypoplasia (n = 24), atrioventricular septal defect (n = 13), anomalous pulmonary venous connection (n = 5) and coronary artery anomalies (n = 4). Seven (13%) children with undetected CHD experienced circulatory collapse out of hospital. CONCLUSION Most infants with severe CHDs in Norway were identified prior to hospital discharge. However, some infants were discharged undiagnosed. Awareness of undetected CHDs and immediate cardiac assessment in infants with signs of circulatory failure early in life are still important.
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- Gunnar Wik
- Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Sorlandet Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway
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- Department of Cardiology, Sorlandet Hospital, Arendal, Norway
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Fetal Medicine Unit, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Oslo Centre of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Research Support Services, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Neonatal Intensive Care, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Hofbeck M, Arenz C, Bauer UMM, Horke A, Kerst G, Meyer R, Tengler A, Beckmann A. German Registry for Cardiac Operations and Interventions in Congenital Heart Disease: Annual Report 2022. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2024; 72:e16-e29. [PMID: 38914128 DOI: 10.1055/a-2350-7374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/26/2024]
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BACKGROUND The German Registry for Cardiac Operations and Interventions in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease is a voluntary registry initiated by the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and the German Society for Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Defects. Since 2012, the registry collects data for the assessment of treatment and outcomes of surgical and interventional procedures in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) of all age groups. METHODS This real-world, prospective all-comers registry collects clinical and procedural characteristics, adverse events (AEs), mortality, and medium-term outcomes (up to 90 days) of patients undergoing surgical and interventional. A unique pseudonymous personal identifier (PID) allows longitudinal data acquisition in case of further invasive treatment in any participating German heart center. Prior to evaluation, all data sets are monitored for data completeness and integrity. Evaluation includes risk stratification of interventional and surgical procedures and classification of AEs. Each year's data are summarized in annual reports containing detailed information on the entire cohort, all subgroups, and 15 index procedures. In addition, each participating center receives an institutional benchmark report for comparison with the national results. This paper presents a comprehensive summary of the annual report 2021. RESULTS In 2021, a total of 5,439 patients were included by 22 participating centers. In total, 3,721 surgical, 3,413 interventional, and 34 hybrid procedures were performed during 6,122 hospital stays. 2,220 cases (36.3%) could be allocated to the 15 index procedures. The mean unadjusted in-hospital mortality ranged from 0.4% among interventional and 2% among surgical cases up to 6.2 % in cases with multiple procedures. In-hospital mortality among index procedures accounted for 2.3% in total cavopulmonary connection, 20.3% in Norwood procedures, and 0.4% following interventional closure of patent ductus arteriosus. For the remaining seven surgical and five interventional index procedures, no in-hospital deaths were recorded. The 10-year longitudinal evaluation of 1,795 patients after tetralogy of Fallot repair revealed repeat interventional or surgical procedures in 21% of the patients. Over the same period, 31.1% of 2,037 patients, following initial treatment of native coarctation, required at least one additional hospital admission, 39.4% after initial interventional, and 21.3% after initial surgical therapy. CONCLUSION The annual report 2021 of the German Registry for Cardiac Operations and Interventions in CHD shows continuously good results in accordance with previous data of the registry. Compared to international registries on CHD, it can be ascertained that in Germany invasive treatment of CHD is offered on a high medical level with excellent quality. The proven fact that patients with various malformations like tetralogy of Fallot and coarctation of the aorta require repeat procedures during follow-up confirms the urgent requirement for longitudinal assessment of all patients presenting with complex lesions.
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- Michael Hofbeck
- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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- German Pediatric Heart Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Division of Surgery for Congenital Heart Defects, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinic for Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease, Stuttgart, Germany
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- BQS Institute for Quality and Patient Safety, Hamburg, Germany
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Intensive Care, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Clinic for Cardiac Surgery and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Heart Center Duisburg, Duisburg, Germany
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Yang R, Greene CL. Surgical Considerations in Shone Complex. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2023; 27:260-272. [PMID: 37750051 DOI: 10.1177/10892532231203372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
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Shone complex is defined by 4 anomalies: parachute mitral valve, supravalvar mitral ring, subaortic stenosis, and coarctation of the aorta. Establishing a clear definition is one of the principal challenges in the study of Shone complex as not all patients have all lesions. The essential feature of Shone complex is multilevel left-sided obstruction involving both the left ventricular inflow and outflow. This anatomic variability is reflected in the clinical presentation as signs of left ventricular inflow obstruction are often masked by outflow obstruction and the multilevel nature of the condition is thus underappreciated. Surgical treatment is often stepwise addressing the outflow obstruction first. In this review, geared to the pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist, we review the pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes of Shone complex.
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- Roderick Yang
- Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA
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Ibrahim S, Gaborit B, Lenoir M, Collod-Beroud G, Stefanovic S. Maternal Pre-Existing Diabetes: A Non-Inherited Risk Factor for Congenital Cardiopathies. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:16258. [PMID: 38003449 PMCID: PMC10671602 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242216258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2023] [Revised: 10/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are the most common form of birth defects in humans. They occur in 9 out of 1000 live births and are defined as structural abnormalities of the heart. Understanding CHDs is difficult due to the heterogeneity of the disease and its multifactorial etiology. Advances in genomic sequencing have made it possible to identify the genetic factors involved in CHDs. However, genetic origins have only been found in a minority of CHD cases, suggesting the contribution of non-inherited (environmental) risk factors to the etiology of CHDs. Maternal pregestational diabetes is associated with a three- to five-fold increased risk of congenital cardiopathies, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are incompletely understood. According to current hypotheses, hyperglycemia is the main teratogenic agent in diabetic pregnancies. It is thought to induce cell damage, directly through genetic and epigenetic dysregulations and/or indirectly through production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The purpose of this review is to summarize key findings on the molecular mechanisms altered in cardiac development during exposure to hyperglycemic conditions in utero. It also presents the various in vivo and in vitro techniques used to experimentally model pregestational diabetes. Finally, new approaches are suggested to broaden our understanding of the subject and develop new prevention strategies.
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- Stéphanie Ibrahim
- Aix Marseille University, INSERM, INRAE, C2VN, 13005 Marseille, France;
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- Department of Endocrinology, Metabolic Diseases and Nutrition, Pôle ENDO, APHM, 13005 Marseille, France
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- Department of Congenital Heart Surgery, La Timone Children Hospital, APHM, Aix Marseille University, 13005 Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille University, INSERM, INRAE, C2VN, 13005 Marseille, France;
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Jacobs JP, Bleiweis MS, Cohen MS, Lopez L, Peek GJ, Franklin RCG, Tchervenkov CI. Defining the Spectrum of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS). World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2023; 14:741-745. [PMID: 37933696 DOI: 10.1177/21501351231189277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2023]
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The 2021 International Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Code and the Eleventh Revision of the International Classification of Diseases provide the following definition for hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS): "Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is defined as a spectrum of congenital cardiovascular malformations with normally aligned great arteries without a common atrioventricular junction, characterized by underdevelopment of the left heart with significant hypoplasia of the left ventricle including atresia, stenosis, or hypoplasia of the aortic or mitral valve, or both valves, and hypoplasia of the ascending aorta and aortic arch." Although HLHS with intact ventricular septum (HLHS + IVS) and HLHS with ventricular septal defect (HLHS + VSD) are different cardiac phenotypes, both of these lesions are part of the spectrum of HLHS.
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- Jeffrey P Jacobs
- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, Congenital Heart Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, Congenital Heart Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America
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- Cardiac Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
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- Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, United States of America
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, Congenital Heart Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America
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- Paediatric Cardiology Department, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Montreal Children's Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Dannesbo S, Blixenkrone-Moeller E, Pihl CA, Sillesen AS, Voegg RO, Davidsen AS, Lind LE, Jeppesen DL, Kruse C, Noerager B, Dodd JK, Jorgensen FS, Raja AA, Colan SD, Mertens L, Hjortdal VE, Vejlstrup N, Anderson RH, Bundgaard H, Iversen K. A novel algorithm for classification of interatrial communications within the oval fossa in the newborn. Cardiol Young 2023; 33:1942-1949. [PMID: 36408693 DOI: 10.1017/s1047951122003365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND An interatrial communication is present in most neonates. The majority are considered the "normal" patency of the oval foramen, while a minority are abnormal atrial septal defects. Differentiation between the two with transthoracic echocardiography may be challenging, and no generally accepted method of classification is presently available. We aimed to develop and determine the reliability of a new classification of interatrial communications in newborns. METHODS AND RESULTS An algorithm was developed based on echocardiographic criteria from 495 newborns (median age 11[8;13] days, 51.5% females). The algorithm defines three main categories: patency of the oval foramen, atrial septal defect, and no interatrial communication as well as several subtypes. We found an interatrial communication in 414 (83.6%) newborns. Of these, 386 (93.2%) were categorised as patency of the oval foramen and 28 (6.8%) as atrial septal defects.Echocardiograms from another 50 newborns (median age 11[8;13] days, 36.0% female), reviewed by eight experts in paediatric echocardiography, were used to assess the inter- and intraobserver variation of classification of interatrial communications into patency of the oval foramen and atrial septal defect, with and without the use of the algorithm. Review with the algorithm gave a substantial interobserver agreement (kappa = 0.66), and an almost perfect intraobserver agreement (kappa = 0.82). Without the use of the algorithm, the interobserver agreement between experienced paediatric cardiologists was low (kappa = 0.20). CONCLUSION A new algorithm for echocardiographic classification of interatrial communications in newborns produced almost perfect intraobserver and substantial interobserver agreement. The algorithm may prove useful in both research and clinical practice.
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- Sofie Dannesbo
- Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Cardiology, The Heart Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Cardiology, The Heart Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Pediatrics, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Juliane Marie Center, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Pediatrics, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark
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- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Fetal Medicine Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Cardiology, The Heart Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Heart Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, The Heart Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiology, The Heart Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Gimeno L, Brown K, Harron K, Peppa M, Gilbert R, Blackburn R. Trends in survival of children with severe congenital heart defects by gestational age at birth: A population-based study using administrative hospital data for England. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 2023; 37:390-400. [PMID: 36744612 PMCID: PMC10946523 DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2023] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Children with congenital heart defects (CHD) are twice as likely as their peers to be born preterm (<37 weeks' gestation), yet descriptions of recent trends in long-term survival by gestational age at birth (GA) are lacking. OBJECTIVES To quantify changes in survival to age 5 years of children in England with severe CHD by GA. METHODS We estimated changes in survival to age five of children with severe CHD and all other children born in England between April 2004 and March 2016, overall and by GA-group using linked hospital and mortality records. RESULTS Of 5,953,598 livebirths, 5.7% (339,080 of 5,953,598) were born preterm, 0.35% (20,648 of 5,953,598) died before age five and 3.6 per 1000 (21,291 of 5,953,598) had severe CHD. Adjusting for GA, under-five mortality rates fell at a similar rate between 2004-2008 and 2012-2016 for children with severe CHD (adjusted hazard ratio [HR] 0.79, 95% CI 0.71, 0.88) and all other children (HR 0.78, 95% CI 0.76, 0.81). For children with severe CHD, overall survival to age five increased from 87.5% (95% CI 86.6, 88.4) in 2004-2008 to 89.6% (95% CI 88.9, 90.3) in 2012-2016. There was strong evidence for better survival in the ≥39-week group (90.2%, 95% CI 89.1, 91.2 to 93%, 95% CI 92.4, 93.9), weaker evidence at 24-31 and 37-38 weeks and no evidence at 32-36 weeks. We estimate that 51 deaths (95% CI 24, 77) per year in children with severe CHD were averted in 2012-2016 compared to what would have been the case had 2004-2008 mortality rates persisted. CONCLUSIONS Nine out of 10 children with severe CHD in 2012-2016 survived to age five. The small improvement in survival over the study period was driven by increased survival in term children. Most children with severe CHD are reaching school age and may require additional support by schools and healthcare services.
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- Laura Gimeno
- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child HealthLondonUK
- UCL Centre for Longitudinal StudiesLondonUK
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- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation TrustLondonUK
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- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child HealthLondonUK
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- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child HealthLondonUK
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- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child HealthLondonUK
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Jacobs JP, Krasemann T, Herbst C, Tobota Z, Maruszewski B, Fragata J, Ebels T, Vida VL, Mattila I, Kansy A, Asfour B, Hörer J, Lotto AA, Çiçek MS, Liuba P, Dittrich S, Chessa M, Bökenkamp R, Sharland G, Hanséus K, Blom NA, Sarris GE. Combining Congenital Heart Surgical and Interventional Cardiology Outcome Data in a Single Database: The Development of a Patient-Centered Collaboration of the European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association (ECHSA) and the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC). World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2023; 14:464-473. [PMID: 37410599 PMCID: PMC10411030 DOI: 10.1177/21501351231168829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/11/2023] [Indexed: 07/08/2023]
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The European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association (ECHSA) Congenital Database (CD) is the second largest clinical pediatric and congenital cardiac surgical database in the world and the largest in Europe, where various smaller national or regional databases exist. Despite the dramatic increase in interventional cardiology procedures over recent years, only scattered national or regional databases of such procedures exist in Europe. Most importantly, no congenital cardiac database exists in the world that seamlessly combines both surgical and interventional cardiology data on an international level; therefore, the outcomes of surgical and interventional procedures performed on the same or similar patients cannot easily be tracked, assessed, and analyzed. In order to fill this important gap in our capability to gather and analyze information on our common patients, ECHSA and The Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC) have embarked on a collaborative effort to expand the ECHSA-CD with a new module designed to capture data about interventional cardiology procedures. The purpose of this manuscript is to describe the concept, the structure, and the function of the new AEPC Interventional Cardiology Part of the ECHSA-CD, as well as the potentially valuable synergies provided by the shared interventional and surgical analyses of outcomes of patients. The new AEPC Interventional Cardiology Part of the ECHSA-CD will allow centers to have access to robust surgical and transcatheter outcome data from their own center, as well as robust national and international aggregate outcome data for benchmarking. Each contributing center or department will have access to their own data, as well as aggregate data from the AEPC Interventional Cardiology Part of the ECHSA-CD. The new AEPC Interventional Cardiology Part of the ECHSA-CD will allow cardiology centers to have access to aggregate cardiology data, just as surgical centers already have access to aggregate surgical data. Comparison of surgical and catheter interventional outcomes could potentially strengthen decision processes. A study of the wealth of information collected in the database could potentially also contribute toward improved early and late survival, as well as enhanced quality of life of patients with pediatric and/or congenital heart disease treated with surgery and interventional cardiac catheterization across Europe and the world.
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- Jeffrey P Jacobs
- Congenital Heart Center, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America
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- Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Hospital de Santa Marta, NOVA Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Pediatric Heart Center, University Hospital Bonn (UKB), Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Congenital and Pediatric Heart Surgery, German Heart Center Munich, Munich, Germany
- Division of Congenital and Pediatric Heart Surgery, University Hospital of Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
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- Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK
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- Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Pediatric Heart Center, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Skåne, Sweden
- Lund University, Lund, Skåne, Sweden
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- ACHD Unit, Department of Pediatric and Adult Congenital Disease, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy
- Vita Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Congenital Heart Disease, Evelina London Children's Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Paediatric Cardiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Dorobantu DM, Huang Q, Espuny Pujol F, Brown KL, Franklin RC, Pufulete M, Lawlor DA, Crowe S, Pagel C, Stoica SC. Hospital resource utilization in a national cohort of functionally single ventricle patients undergoing surgical treatment. JTCVS OPEN 2023; 14:441-461. [PMID: 37425480 PMCID: PMC10329026 DOI: 10.1016/j.xjon.2023.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2022] [Revised: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023]
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Objective The study objective was to provide a detailed overview of health resource use from birth to 18 years old for patients with functionally single ventricles and identify associated risk factors. Methods All patients with functionally single ventricles treated between 2000 and 2017 in England and Wales were linked to hospital and outpatient records using data from the Linking AUdit and National datasets in Congenital HEart Services project. Hospital stay was described in yearly age intervals, and associated risk factors were explored using quantile regression. Results A total of 3037 patients with functionally single ventricles were included, 1409 (46.3%) undergoing a Fontan procedure. During the first year of life, the median days spent in hospital was 60 (interquartile range, 37-102), mostly inpatient days, mirroring a mortality of 22.8%. This decreases to between 2 and 9 in-hospital days/year afterward. Between 2 and 18 years, most hospital days were outpatient, with a median of 1 to 5 days/year. Lower age at the first procedure, hypoplastic left heart syndrome/mitral atresia, unbalanced atrioventricular septal defect, preterm birth, congenital/acquired comorbidities, additional cardiac risk factors, and severity of illness markers were associated with fewer days at home and more intensive care unit days in the first year of life. Only markers of early severe illness were associated with fewer days at home in the first 6 months after the Fontan procedure. Conclusions Hospital resource use in functionally single ventricle cases is not uniform, decreasing 10-fold during adolescence compared with the first year of life. There are subsets of patients with worse outcomes during their first year of life or with persistently high hospital use throughout their childhood, which could be the target of future research.
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- Dan-Mihai Dorobantu
- Children's Health and Exercise Research Centre, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
- Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston National Health Service Foundation Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Operational Research Unit, Department of Mathematics, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Operational Research Unit, Department of Mathematics, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Cardiac and Critical Care Division, Great Ormond Street Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Royal Brompton and Harefield National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Bristol Heart Institute, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Medical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Bristol National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Operational Research Unit, Department of Mathematics, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Operational Research Unit, Department of Mathematics, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston National Health Service Foundation Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Epigenetic Evaluation of the TBX20 Gene and Environmental Risk Factors in Mexican Paediatric Patients with Congenital Septal Defects. Cells 2023; 12:cells12040586. [PMID: 36831251 PMCID: PMC9953838 DOI: 10.3390/cells12040586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2022] [Revised: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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The TBX20 gene has a key role during cardiogenesis, and it has been related to epigenetic mechanisms in congenital heart disease (CHD). The purpose of this study was to assess the association between DNA methylation status and congenital septal defects. The DNA methylation of seven CpG sites in the TBX20 gene promoter was analyzed through pyrosequencing as a quantitative method in 48 patients with congenital septal defects and 104 individuals with patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). The average methylation was higher in patients than in PDA (p < 0.001). High methylation levels were associated with a higher risk of congenital septal defects (OR = 4.59, 95% CI = 1.57-13.44, p = 0.005). The ROC curve analysis indicated that methylation of the TBX20 gene could be considered a risk marker for congenital septal defects (AUC = 0.682; 95% CI = 0.58-0.77; p < 0.001). The analysis of environmental risk factors in patients with septal defects and PDA showed an association between the consumption of vitamins (OR = 0.10; 95% CI = 0.01-0.98; p = 0.048) and maternal infections (OR = 3.10; 95% CI = 1.26-7.60; p = 0.013). These results suggest that differences in DNA methylation of the TBX20 gene can be associated with septal defects.
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Chami J, Strange G, Baker D, Cordina R, Grigg L, Celermajer DS, Nicholson C. Algorithmic complexity stratification for congenital heart disease patients. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcchd.2022.100430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Dittrich S, Arenz C, Krogmann O, Tengler A, Meyer R, Bauer U, Hofbeck M, Beckmann A, Horke A. German Registry for Cardiac Operations and Interventions in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease: Report 2021 and 9 Years' Longitudinal Observations on Fallot and Coarctation Patients. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2022; 70:e21-e33. [PMID: 36174655 PMCID: PMC9536750 DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1757175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND The annual report of the German Quality Assurance of Congenital Heart Disease displays a broad overview on outcome of interventional and surgical treatment with respect to patient's age and risk categorization. Particular features of the German all-comers registry are the inclusion of all interventional and surgical procedures, the possibility to record repeated treatments with distinct individual patient assignment, and to record various procedures within one case. METHODS International Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Code terminology for diagnoses and procedures as well as classified adverse events, also recording of demographic data, key procedural performance indicators, and key quality indicators (mortality, adverse event rates). Surgical and interventional adverse events were classified according to the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and to the Congenital Heart Disease Adjustment for Risk Method of the congenital cardiac catheterization project on outcomes. Annual analysis of all cases and additional long-term evaluation of patients after repair of Fallot and primary treatment of native coarctation of the aorta were performed. RESULTS In 2020, 5,532 patients with 6,051 cases (hospital stays) with 6,986 procedures were treated in 23 German institutions. Cases dispense on 618 newborns (10.2%), 1,532 infants (25.3%), 3,077 children (50.9%), and 824 adults (13.6%). Freedom from adverse events was 94.5% in 2,795 interventional cases, 67.9% in 2,887 surgical cases, and 42.9% in 336 cases with multiple procedures (without considering the 33 hybrid interventions). In-hospital mortality was 0.5% in interventional, 1.6% in surgical, and 5.7% in cases with multiple treatments. Long-term observation of 1,632 patient after repair of Fallot depicts the impact of previous palliation in 18% of the patients on the rate of 20.8% redo cases. Differentiated analysis of 1,864 patients with native coarctation picture clear differences of patient, age, and procedure selection and outcome. The overall redo procedure rate in this patient population is high with 30.8%. CONCLUSION Improvement in quality of care requires detailed analysis of risks, performance indicators, and outcomes. The high necessity of redo procedures in patients with complex congenital heart disease underlines the imperative need of long-term observations.
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- Sven Dittrich
- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Heart Surgery, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Clinic for Pediatric Cardiology - Congenital Heart Defects, Heart Center Duisburg, Duisburg, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munich, Munich, Germany
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- BQS Institute for Quality and Patient Safety, Hamburg, Germany
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- National Register for Congenital Heart Defects, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Pulmology and Intensive Care, University Children's Hospital, Tübingen, Germany
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- German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Berlin, Germany
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- Division of Congenital Heart Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Tchervenkov CI, Tang R, Jacobs JP. Hypoplastic Left Ventricle: Hypoplastic Left Heart Complex. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2022; 13:631-636. [PMID: 36053097 DOI: 10.1177/21501351221116016] [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: 11/16/2022]
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Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) without intrinsic valvar stenosis or atresia is synonymous with the term hypoplastic left heart complex (HLHC) and is defined as a cardiac malformation at the milder end of the spectrum of HLHS with normally aligned great arteries without a common atrioventricular junction, characterized by underdevelopment of the left heart with significant hypoplasia of the left ventricle and hypoplasia of the aortic or mitral valve, or both valves, in the absence of intrinsic valvar stenosis or atresia, and with hypoplasia of the ascending aorta and aortic arch. This article describes the definitions, nomenclature, and classification of HLHC; the indications and contraindications for biventricular repair of HLHC; the surgical treatment of HLHC; and the associated outcomes.
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- Christo I Tchervenkov
- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, 10040The Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, 10040The Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Congenital Heart Center, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, 3463University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Jacobs JP. Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: Definition, Morphology, and Classification. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2022; 13:559-564. [PMID: 36053108 DOI: 10.1177/21501351221114770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This manuscript will provide information about hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) and related malformations, including definitions, morphology, and classification, based on the 2021 International Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Code (IPCCC) and the Eleventh Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). HLHS is defined as "a spectrum of congenital cardiovascular malformations with normally aligned great arteries without a common atrioventricular junction, characterized by underdevelopment of the left heart with significant hypoplasia of the left ventricle including atresia, stenosis, or hypoplasia of the aortic or mitral valve, or both valves, and hypoplasia of the ascending aorta and aortic arch." Functionally univentricular heart is defined as "a spectrum of congenital cardiac malformations in which the ventricular mass may not readily lend itself to partitioning that commits one ventricular pump to the systemic circulation, and another to the pulmonary circulation." The Norwood operation is synonymous with the term "Norwood (Stage 1)" and is defined as (1) creation of an aortopulmonary connection and neoaortic arch construction resulting in univentricular physiology and (2) creation of a controlled source of pulmonary blood flow with a calibrated systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunt, a right ventricle to pulmonary artery conduit, or rarely, a cavopulmonary connection. The goals of the Norwood (Stage 1) Operation are creation of (1) unobstructed systemic blood flow via aortopulmonary connection and neoaortic arch construction, (2) unobstructed coronary blood flow, (3) unobstructed flow across the atrial septum, and (4) controlled pulmonary blood flow.
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- Jeffrey P Jacobs
- Congenital Heart Center, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Jacobs JP. Hypoplastic Left Ventricle: Definition, Morphology, and Classification of the Cardiac Phenotypes. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2022; 13:615-619. [PMID: 36053100 DOI: 10.1177/21501351221114775] [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: 11/17/2022]
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A prior manuscript provided information about hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) and related malformations, including definitions, morphology, and classification, based on the 2021 International Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Code (IPCCC) and the Eleventh Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). This manuscript provides information about the related cardiac phenotypes associated with "hypoplastic left ventricle" that might be suitable for biventricular repair, including definitions, morphology, and classification of the cardiac phenotypes of the following four congenital cardiac malformations that can all include a hypoplastic left ventricle: (1) hypoplastic left heart complex (HLHC), (2) critical aortic stenosis with left ventricular hypoplasia, (3) aortic atresia + ventricular septal defect, and (4) hypoplastic left ventricle with severely unbalanced atrioventricular septal defect.
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- Jeffrey P Jacobs
- Congenital Heart Center, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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The Left Ventricular Myocardium in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis 2022; 9:jcdd9080279. [PMID: 36005443 PMCID: PMC9409828 DOI: 10.3390/jcdd9080279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Revised: 08/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is a collective term applied to severe congenital cardiac malformations, characterised by a combination of abnormalities mainly affecting the left ventricle, associated valves, and ascending aorta. Although in clinical practice HLHS is usually sub-categorised based on the patency of the mitral and aortic (left-sided) valves, it is also possible to comprehensively categorise HLHS into defined sub-groups based on the left ventricular morphology. Here, we discuss the published human-based studies of the ventricular myocardium in HLHS, evaluating whether the available evidence is in keeping with this ventricular morphology concept. Specifically, we highlight results from histological studies, indicating that the appearance of cardiomyocytes can be different based on the sub-group of HLHS. In addition, we discuss the histological appearances of endocardial fibroelastosis (EFE), which is a common feature of one specific sub-group of HLHS. Lastly, we suggest investigations that should ideally be undertaken using HLHS myocardial tissues at early stages of HLHS development to identify biological pathways and aid the understanding of HLHS aetiology.
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Zhou WZ, Li W, Shen H, Wang RW, Chen W, Zhang Y, Zeng Q, Wang H, Yuan M, Zeng Z, Cui J, Li CY, Ye FY, Zhou Z. CHDbase: A comprehensive knowledgebase for congenital heart disease-related genes and clinical manifestations. GENOMICS, PROTEOMICS & BIOINFORMATICS 2022:S1672-0229(22)00093-6. [PMID: 35961607 PMCID: PMC10372913 DOI: 10.1016/j.gpb.2022.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2021] [Revised: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Congenital heart disease (CHD) is one of themost common causes of major birth defects, with a prevalence of 1%. Although an increasing number of studies reported the etiology of CHD, the findings scattered throughout the literature are difficult to retrieve and utilize in research and clinical practice. We therefore developed CHDbase, an evidence-based knowledgebase of CHD-related genes and clinical manifestations manually curated from 1114 publications, linking 1124susceptibility genes and 3591 variations to more than 300 CHD types and related syndromes. Metadata such as the information of each publication and the selected population and samples, the strategy of studies, and the major findings of studies were integrated with each item of the research record. We also integrated functional annotations through parsing ∼50 databases/tools to facilitate the interpretation of these genes and variations in disease pathogenicity. We further prioritized the significance of these CHD-related genes with a gene interaction network approach and extracted a core CHD sub-network with 163 genes. The clear genetic landscape of CHD enables the phenotype classification based on the shared genetic origin. Overall, CHDbase provides a comprehensive and freely available resource to study CHD susceptibility, supporting a wide range of users in the scientific and medical communities. CHDbase is accessible at http://chddb.fwgenetics.org.
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- Wei-Zhen Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics of Cardiovascular Diseases, Center of Laboratory Medicine, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics of Cardiovascular Diseases, Center of Laboratory Medicine, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics of Cardiovascular Diseases, Center of Laboratory Medicine, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China
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- International Joint Informatics Laboratory & Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Data Engineering and Knowledge Service, School of Information Management, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics of Cardiovascular Diseases, Center of Laboratory Medicine, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics of Cardiovascular Diseases, Center of Laboratory Medicine, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics of Cardiovascular Diseases, Center of Laboratory Medicine, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics of Cardiovascular Diseases, Center of Laboratory Medicine, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics of Cardiovascular Diseases, Center of Laboratory Medicine, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics of Cardiovascular Diseases, Center of Laboratory Medicine, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics of Cardiovascular Diseases, Center of Laboratory Medicine, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- International Joint Informatics Laboratory & Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Data Engineering and Knowledge Service, School of Information Management, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics of Cardiovascular Diseases, Center of Laboratory Medicine, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China.
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Tortigue M, Nield LE, Karakachoff M, McLeod CJ, Belli E, Babu-Narayan SV, Prigent S, Boet A, Conway M, Elder RW, Ladouceur M, Khairy P, Kowalik E, Kalfa DM, Barron DJ, Mussa S, Hiippala A, Temple J, Abadir S, Le Gloan L, Lachaud M, Sanatani S, Thambo JB, Gronier CG, Amedro P, Vaksmann G, Charbonneau A, Koutbi L, Ovaert C, Houeijeh A, Combes N, Maury P, Duthoit G, Hiel B, Erickson CC, Bonnet C, Van Hare GF, Dina C, Karsenty C, Fournier E, Le Bloa M, Pass RH, Liberman L, Happonen JM, Perry JC, Romefort B, Benbrik N, Hauet Q, Fraisse A, Gatzoulis MA, Abrams DJ, Dubin AM, Ho SY, Redon R, Bacha EA, Schott JJ, Baruteau AE. Familial Recurrence Patterns in Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries: An International Study. CIRCULATION. GENOMIC AND PRECISION MEDICINE 2022; 15:e003464. [PMID: 35549293 DOI: 10.1161/circgen.121.003464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (ccTGA) is a rare disease of unknown cause. We aimed to better understand familial recurrence patterns. METHODS An international, multicentre, retrospective cohort study was conducted in 29 tertiary hospitals in 6 countries between 1990 and 2018, entailing investigation of 1043 unrelated ccTGA probands. RESULTS Laterality defects and atrioventricular block at diagnosis were observed in 29.9% and 9.3%, respectively. ccTGA was associated with primary ciliary dyskinesia in 11 patients. Parental consanguinity was noted in 3.4% cases. A congenital heart defect was diagnosed in 81 relatives from 69 families, 58% of them being first-degree relatives, including 28 siblings. The most prevalent defects in relatives were dextro-transposition of the great arteries (28.4%), laterality defects (13.6%), and ccTGA (11.1%); 36 new familial clusters were described, including 8 pedigrees with concordant familial aggregation of ccTGA, 19 pedigrees with familial co-segregation of ccTGA and dextro-transposition of the great arteries, and 9 familial co-segregation of ccTGA and laterality defects. In one family co-segregation of ccTGA, dextro-transposition of the great arteries and heterotaxy syndrome in 3 distinct relatives was found. In another family, twins both displayed ccTGA and primary ciliary dyskinesia. CONCLUSIONS ccTGA is not always a sporadic congenital heart defect. Familial clusters as well as evidence of an association between ccTGA, dextro-transposition of the great arteries, laterality defects and in some cases primary ciliary dyskinesia, strongly suggest a common pathogenetic pathway involving laterality genes in the pathophysiology of ccTGA.
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- Marine Tortigue
- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, CNRS, INSERM, l'institut du thorax, France (M.T., L.L.G., C.D., R.R., J.-J.S., A.-E.B.)
- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, France (M.T., S.P., C.G.G., B.R., N.B., Q.H., A.-E.B.)
- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, INSERM, CIC FEA 1413, France (M.T., S.P., C.G.G., A.-E.B.)
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Labatt Family Heart Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada (L.E.N., D.J.B.)
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- Department of Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Disase, M3C Marie Lannelongue Hospital, Groupe Hospitalier Saint Joseph, Paris, France (E.B., A.B., N.C., E.F.)
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, United Kingdom (S.V.B.-N., M.C., A.F., M.A.G., S.Y.H.)
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- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, France (M.T., S.P., C.G.G., B.R., N.B., Q.H., A.-E.B.)
- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, INSERM, CIC FEA 1413, France (M.T., S.P., C.G.G., A.-E.B.)
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- Department of Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Disase, M3C Marie Lannelongue Hospital, Groupe Hospitalier Saint Joseph, Paris, France (E.B., A.B., N.C., E.F.)
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, United Kingdom (S.V.B.-N., M.C., A.F., M.A.G., S.Y.H.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (R.W.E.)
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- Department of Adult Congenital Heart Diseases, M3C Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (M.L.)
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- Electrophysiology Service and Adult Congenital Heart Center, Montreal Heart Institute, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada (P.K., S.A.)
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- Department of Congenital Heart Diseases, National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland (E.K.)
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- Department of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital - New York Presbyterian, Columbia University Medical Center, NY (D.M.K., L.L., E.A.B.)
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Labatt Family Heart Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada (L.E.N., D.J.B.)
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- Department of Congenital Cardiac Surgery, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom (S.M.)
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, New Children's Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland (A.H., J.-M.H.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nemours Cardiac Center, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE (J.T.)
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- Electrophysiology Service and Adult Congenital Heart Center, Montreal Heart Institute, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada (P.K., S.A.)
- Division of Cardiology, CHU Mère-Enfant Sainte-Justine, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada (S.A.)
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- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, CNRS, INSERM, l'institut du thorax, France (M.T., L.L.G., C.D., R.R., J.-J.S., A.-E.B.)
- Department of Cardiology, CHU Nantes, Nantes, France (L.L.G.)
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- Division of Cardiology, British Columbia Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (S.S.)
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- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, France (M.T., S.P., C.G.G., B.R., N.B., Q.H., A.-E.B.)
- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, INSERM, CIC FEA 1413, France (M.T., S.P., C.G.G., A.-E.B.)
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- Department of Cardiology, CHU Bordeaux, France (J.-B.T., P.A.)
- PhyMedExp, CNRS, INSERM, University of Montpellier, France (P.A.)
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Hôpital Privé de La Louvière, Lille, France (G.V.)
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- Department of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, American Memorial Hospital, CHU Reims, France (A.C.)
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- Department of Cardiology (L.K.), La Timone Hospital, CHU Marseille, France
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology (C.O.), La Timone Hospital, CHU Marseille, France
- Marseille Medical Genetics, Inserm UMR 1251, Aix-Marseille University, France (C.O.)
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, CHRU Lille, France (A.H.)
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- Department of Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Disase, M3C Marie Lannelongue Hospital, Groupe Hospitalier Saint Joseph, Paris, France (E.B., A.B., N.C., E.F.)
- Department of Cardiology, Pasteur Clinic, Toulouse, France (N.C.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié Salpétrière, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France (G.D.)
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, CHU Amiens, France (B.H.)
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- UDivision of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Omaha, NE (C.C.E.)
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, St Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine (G.F.V.H.)
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- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, CNRS, INSERM, l'institut du thorax, France (M.T., L.L.G., C.D., R.R., J.-J.S., A.-E.B.)
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- Department of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, Children's Hospital (C.K.), CHU Toulouse, France
- Institut des Maladies Métaboliques et Cardiovasculaires, Inserm UMR 1048, Université de Toulouse, France (C.K.)
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- Department of Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Disase, M3C Marie Lannelongue Hospital, Groupe Hospitalier Saint Joseph, Paris, France (E.B., A.B., N.C., E.F.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, Switzerland (M.L.B.)
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital, NY (R.H.P.)
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- Department of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital - New York Presbyterian, Columbia University Medical Center, NY (D.M.K., L.L., E.A.B.)
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, New Children's Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland (A.H., J.-M.H.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, Rady Children's Hospital, University of California San Diego (J.C.P.)
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- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, France (M.T., S.P., C.G.G., B.R., N.B., Q.H., A.-E.B.)
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- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, France (M.T., S.P., C.G.G., B.R., N.B., Q.H., A.-E.B.)
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- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, France (M.T., S.P., C.G.G., B.R., N.B., Q.H., A.-E.B.)
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, United Kingdom (S.V.B.-N., M.C., A.F., M.A.G., S.Y.H.)
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, United Kingdom (S.V.B.-N., M.C., A.F., M.A.G., S.Y.H.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, MA (D.J.A.)
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (A.M.D.)
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, United Kingdom (S.V.B.-N., M.C., A.F., M.A.G., S.Y.H.)
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- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, CNRS, INSERM, l'institut du thorax, France (M.T., L.L.G., C.D., R.R., J.-J.S., A.-E.B.)
- European Reference Network for Rare, Low Prevalence and Complex Diseases of the Heart-ERN GUARD-Heart (R.R., J.-J.S., A.-E.B.)
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- Department of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital - New York Presbyterian, Columbia University Medical Center, NY (D.M.K., L.L., E.A.B.)
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- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, CNRS, INSERM, l'institut du thorax, France (M.T., L.L.G., C.D., R.R., J.-J.S., A.-E.B.)
- European Reference Network for Rare, Low Prevalence and Complex Diseases of the Heart-ERN GUARD-Heart (R.R., J.-J.S., A.-E.B.)
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- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, CNRS, INSERM, l'institut du thorax, France (M.T., L.L.G., C.D., R.R., J.-J.S., A.-E.B.)
- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, France (M.T., S.P., C.G.G., B.R., N.B., Q.H., A.-E.B.)
- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, INSERM, CIC FEA 1413, France (M.T., S.P., C.G.G., A.-E.B.)
- European Reference Network for Rare, Low Prevalence and Complex Diseases of the Heart-ERN GUARD-Heart (R.R., J.-J.S., A.-E.B.)
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Cao Y, Huang R, Kong R, Li H, Zhang H, Li Y, Liang L, Xiong D, Han S, Zhou L, Guo J, Dai G, Meng M, Lou H, Hou Z, Jiang L. Prevalence and risk factors for congenital heart defects among children in the Multi-Ethnic Yunnan Region of China. Transl Pediatr 2022; 11:813-824. [PMID: 35800272 PMCID: PMC9253957 DOI: 10.21037/tp-21-371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND To determine the congenital heart defect (CHD) prevalence and identify the associated risk factors in children within the multi-ethnic Yunnan Region of China. METHODS This is a prospective matched case-control screening study. Screening for CHD in children residing within 28 county districts of Yunnan Province during the period of January 2001 to December 2016 was conducted. A total of 2,421 and CHD cohort and 24,210 control cohort were derived from a total population of 400,855 children (under 18 years of age). RESULTS A total of 2,421 children were diagnosed with CHD, yielding a CHD prevalence of 6.04 cases per 1,000 children. The prevalence of CHD by sex was 6.54 per 1,000 females versus 5.59 per 1,000 males. The ethnic groups displaying the highest CHD prevalence were the Lisu (15.51 per 1,000), Achang (13.18 per 1,000), Jingpo (12.32 per 1,000), Naxi (9.68 per 1,000), and Tibetan (8.57 per 1,000), respectively. The most common CHD was atrial septal defect, amounting to 1.94 instances per 1,000 children. We identified a number of child-associated parameters that significantly correlated with greater CHD risk, such as lower mass at birth, shorter duration of gestation, and younger age at the time of screening. We also identified a number of maternal and familial risk factors. CONCLUSIONS This ultrasonic color Doppler imaging study revealed a relatively commonplace prevalence of CHD. Moreover, the prevalence of CHD in Yunnan Region significantly varied with sex and ethnic status. Certain child-associated, maternal, and familial risk factors may contribute to CHD risk.
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- Yu Cao
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, the First Peoples' Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China.,Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, the First Peoples' Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China.,Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, the First Peoples' Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China.,Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, the First Peoples' Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China.,Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Peoples' Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China.,Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Yan'an Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.,Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Peoples' Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China.,Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, the First Peoples' Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China.,Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Yan'an Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.,Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Peoples' Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China.,Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Peoples' Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China.,Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, the First Peoples' Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China.,Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- Department of Central Laboratory, Yan'an Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Peoples' Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China.,Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- Department of Central Laboratory, Yan'an Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, the First Peoples' Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China.,Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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Anderson RH, Bleiweis MS, Fricker FJ, Saidi A, Chandran A, Fudge JC, Gupta D, Peek GJ, Spicer DE, Jacobs JP. Lodewyk H.S. van Mierop (March 31, 1927-October 17, 2021): a true giant. Cardiol Young 2022; 32:1-11. [PMID: 35499343 DOI: 10.1017/s1047951121005266] [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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We honour a great man and a true giant. Lodewyk H.S. van Mierop (March 31, 1927 - October 17, 2021), known as Bob, was not only a Paediatric Cardiologist but also a dedicated Scientist. He made many significant and ground-breaking contributions to the fields of cardiac anatomy and embryology. He was devoted as a teacher, spending many hours with medical students, Residents, and Fellows, all of whom appreciated his regularly scheduled educational sessions. Those of us who were fortunate to know and spend time with him will always remember his great mind, his willingness to share his knowledge, and his ability to encourage spirited and fruitful discussions. His life was most productive, and he will long be remembered by many through his awesome and exemplary scientific contributions.His legacy continues to influence the current and future generations of surgeons and all providers of paediatric and congenital cardiac care through the invaluable archive he established at University of Florida in Gainesville: The University of Florida van Mierop Heart Archive. Undoubtedly, with these extraordinary contributions to the fields of cardiac anatomy and embryology, which were way ahead of his time, Professor van Mierop was a true giant in Paediatric Cardiology. The invaluable archive he established at University of Florida in Gainesville, The University of Florida van Mierop Heart Archive, has been instrumental in teaching medical students, Residents, Medical Fellows, and Surgical Fellows. Only a handful of similar archives exist across the globe, and these archives are the true legacy of giants such as Dr. van Mierop. We have an important obligation to leave no stone unturned to continue to preserve these archives for the future generations of surgeons, physicians, all providers of paediatric and congenital cardiac care, and, most importantly, our patients.
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- Robert H Anderson
- Cardiovascular Research Centre, Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Congenital Heart Center, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Congenital Heart Center, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Congenital Heart Center, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Congenital Heart Center, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Congenital Heart Center, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Congenital Heart Center, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Congenital Heart Center, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Congenital Heart Center, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
- Congenital Heart Center, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Congenital Heart Center, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Anderson RH, Jacobs JP, Franklin RCG. Divided left atrium with totally anomalous drainage of normally connected pulmonary veins. Cardiol Young 2022; 32:1-3. [PMID: 35485726 DOI: 10.1017/s1047951121005163] [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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In the December 2021 issue of Cardiology in the Young, Hubrechts and colleagues, from Brussels and Leuven in Belgium, describe their experience in which the pulmonary veins were normally connected to the morphologically left atrium. By virtue of the presence of a shelf dividing the morphologically left atrium, however, the venous return was to the morphologically right atrium, with no evidence of formation of the superior interatrial fold, meaning that there was no obstruction of flow into the systemic venous circulation. The question posed by the Belgian authors is whether the shelf dividing the morphologically left atrium is a deviated primary atrial septum, as the arrangement has previously been interpreted. As they discuss, it is currently impossible to arbitrate this conundrum. In our commentary, we discuss the background to the dilemma. We point out that, as yet, it is not possible to code accurately this congenital cardiac malformation within The International Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Code (IPCCC), nor within the newly produced 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11).
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- Robert H Anderson
- Cardiovascular Research Centre, Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Congenital Heart Center, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Sarkar S, Sen R. Insights into Cardiovascular Defects and Cardiac Epigenome in the Context of COVID-19. EPIGENOMES 2022; 6:epigenomes6020013. [PMID: 35645252 PMCID: PMC9150012 DOI: 10.3390/epigenomes6020013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Revised: 03/30/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Although few in number, studies on epigenome of the heart of COVID-19 patients show that epigenetic signatures such as DNA methylation are significantly altered, leading to changes in expression of several genes. It contributes to pathogenic cardiac phenotypes of COVID-19, e.g., low heart rate, myocardial edema, and myofibrillar disarray. DNA methylation studies reveal changes which likely contribute to cardiac disease through unknown mechanisms. The incidence of severe COVID-19 disease, including hospitalization, requiring respiratory support, morbidity, and mortality, is disproportionately higher in individuals with co-morbidities. This poses unprecedented strains on the global healthcare system. While their underlying conditions make patients more susceptible to severe COVID-19 disease, strained healthcare systems, lack of adequate support, or sedentary lifestyles from ongoing lockdowns have proved detrimental to their underlying health conditions, thus pushing them to severe risk of congenital heart disease (CHD) itself. Prophylactic vaccines against COVID-19 have ushered new hope for CHD. A common connection between COVID-19 and CHD is SARS-CoV-2’s host receptor ACE2, because ACE2 regulates and protects organs, including the heart, in various ways. ACE2 is a common therapeutic target against cardiovascular disease and COVID-19 which damages organs. Hence, this review explores the above regarding CHDs, cardiovascular damage, and cardiac epigenetics, in COVID-19 patients.
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- Shreya Sarkar
- New Brunswick Heart Centre, Saint John Regional Hospital, Saint John, NB E2L 4L2, Canada;
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- Active Motif, Inc., 1914 Palomar Oaks Way, Suite 150, Carlsbad, CA 92008, USA
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Promm M, Gerling S, Schepp CP, Rösch WH. Congenital Heart Defects in Patients with Classic Bladder Exstrophy: A Hitherto Neglected Association? Eur J Pediatr Surg 2022; 32:206-209. [PMID: 33677825 DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1722904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Classic bladder exstrophy (BE) is regarded as an isolated malformation without any further anomalies, but some studies have indicated a higher incidence of cardiac anomalies. This cross-sectional study is planned to evaluate the prevalence of congenital heart defects (CHDs) and the clinical relevance for patients with BE admitted for primary closure. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients were prospectively recruited between March 2012 and January 2019. Patients' profiles including demographic data, results of transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), as well as essential peri- and postoperative data were assessed. RESULTS Thirty-nine (25 boys and 14 girls) patients with BE (median age 61 days) underwent delayed primary bladder closure. Thirty-seven (24 boys and 13 girls) patients had received TTE 1 day before surgery. CHD was detected in 7 (18.9%) out of the 39 patients, but no clinical differences between patients with and without CHD were observed peri- or postoperatively. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION This prospective systematic evaluation shows an even higher rate of CHD in patients with BE than assumed previously. Although peri- and postoperative outcome did not differ between patients with and without CHD, we consider TTE an important additional method for ensuring a safe peri- and postoperative courses and a short- and long-term care for patients with CHD.
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- Martin Promm
- Department of Pediatric Urology, Clinic St. Hedwig, University Medical Center of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Children's Hospital Regensburg (KUNO), Campus St. Hedwig, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pediatric Anesthesiology, Clinic St. Hedwig, Barmherzige Brüder Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Urology, Clinic St. Hedwig, University Medical Center of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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Tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia is a group of congenital cardiac malformations, which is defined by the absence of luminal continuity between both ventricles and the pulmonary artery, and an interventricular communication. Pulmonary arterial supply in patients with tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia can be via the arterial duct or from collateral arteries arising directly or indirectly from the aorta (systemic-to-pulmonary artery collaterals), or rarely both. The rarest sources of pulmonary blood flow are aortopulmonary window and fistulous communication with the coronary artery.Herein, we describe an outflow tract malformation, tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia and aortopulmonary window, which was misdiagnosed as common arterial trunk. We emphasise the morphological differences.
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St Louis JD, Deng L, Covington C, Timkovich NA, Crethers D, Collum CS, Pennington JK, Broser T, Dabal RJ, Jacobs JP, O'Brien JE, Austin EH, Tchervenkov CI, Kirklin JK. The World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery: 2021 Update of the World Database for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2022; 13:137-145. [PMID: 35238707 DOI: 10.1177/21501351221075604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND The World Database for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery (WDPCHS), sponsored by the World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery (WSPCHS), provides complex programmatic outcomes analyses for all members of the WSPCHS. METHODS The Data center, currently at Kirklin Institute for Research in Surgical Outcomes (KIRSO), University of Alabama, Birmingham (USA), provides biannual reports to all active members of the database. This report presents a descriptive analysis of these procedures submitted from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2020. RESULTS A total of 37,386 procedures were submitted with an overall mortality of 4.3%. The majority of submissions were from Asian countries. The majority of cases submitted from these countries were of Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)-European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (STAT) Mortality Categories I and II. CONCLUSIONS The WSPCHS accomplished one of its missions in 2017 when the WDPCHS began accepting data from pediatric and congenital heart surgery programs across the globe. In doing so, it became one of the first organizations to create a platform for the exchange of knowledge and experience, regardless of the socioeconomic status of the particular program or country.
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- KIRSO, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- KIRSO, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- KIRSO, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- KIRSO, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Departments of Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, The Montreal Children's Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- KIRSO, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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Chami J, Nicholson C, Strange G, Baker D, Cordina R, Celermajer DS. Hospital discharge codes and substantial underreporting of congenital heart disease. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcchd.2022.100320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Chowdhury UK, Anderson RH, Spicer DE, Sankhyan LK, George N, Pandey NN, Balaji A, Goja S, Malik V. A review of the therapeutic management of multiple ventricular septal defects. J Card Surg 2022; 37:1361-1376. [PMID: 35146802 DOI: 10.1111/jocs.16289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM We showed in our anatomical review, ventricular septal defects existing as multiple entities can be considered in terms of three major subsets. We address here the diagnostic challenges, associated anomalies, the role and techniques of surgical instead of interventional closure, and the outcomes, including reinterventions, for each subset. METHODS We reviewed 80 published investigations, noting radiographic findings, and the results of clinical imaging elucidating the location, number, size of septal defects, associated anomalies, and the effect of severe pulmonary hypertension. RESULTS Overall, perioperative mortality for treatment of residual multiple defects has been cited to be between 0% and 14.2%, with morbidity estimated between 6% and 13%. Perioperative mortality is twice as high for perimembranous compared to muscular defects, with the need for reoperation being over four times higher. Perventricular hybrid approaches are useful for the closure of high anterior or apical defects. Overall, the results have been unsatisfactory. Pooled data reveals incidences between 2.8% and 45% for device-related adverse events. Currently, however, outcomes cannot be assessed on the basis of the different anatomical subsets. CONCLUSIONS We have addressed the approaches, and the results, of therapeutic treatment in terms of coexisting discrete defects, the Swiss-cheese septum, and the arrangement in which a solitary apical muscular defect gives the impression of multiple defects when viewed from the right ventricular aspect. Treatment should vary according to the specific combination of defects.
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- Ujjwal K Chowdhury
- Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.,Heart Institute, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bilaspur, India
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- Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Cardiac Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Cardiac Anaesthesia, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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OUP accepted manuscript. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2022; 61:1211-1222. [DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezab556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2021] [Revised: 10/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Agarwal D, Lakhdhir S, Reveler E, O'Sullivan L. Common Atrium or Atrioventricular Septal Defect: What Is in a Name? CASE 2021; 5:412-416. [PMID: 34993374 PMCID: PMC8713003 DOI: 10.1016/j.case.2021.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Common atrium is characterized by complete/near-complete absence of IAS. Common atrium frequently accompanies AVSD, although it can occur as an isolated entity. Most AVSDs with an atrial communication have normal to near-normal atrial septal lengths. Partial AVSD with near-complete absence of IAS is an uncommonly reported heart condition. With many echo features present, it is difficult to apply one diagnostic label to complex CHD.
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- Correspondence: Lynne O'Sullivan, Atlantic Veterinary College UPEI, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, C1A4P3, Canada.
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Sparrow DB. Better communication between experts is needed to solve the environmental origins of birth defects. Bioessays 2021; 44:e2100241. [PMID: 34845742 PMCID: PMC9373066 DOI: 10.1002/bies.202100241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 11/10/2021] [Accepted: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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More than 6% of babies are born with a structural or functional defect, and many of these need special care and treatment to survive and thrive. Such defects can be inherited, arise through exposure to altered conditions or compounds in the womb, or result from a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Since the 1940s, animal experiments and epidemiological studies have identified many environmental factors that can cause particular birth defects. More recently, advances in genomics have allowed a simple genetic diagnosis in ∼ 30% of birth defects. However, the cause of the remainder is a mystery. I believe that a key limiter to successful identification of new environmental factors is that clinicians, epidemiologists and developmental biologists all approach the topic from different angles. I propose that better communication between such experts will further increase our understanding of the environmental causes of birth defects, and potentially reduce their global burden.
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- Duncan B Sparrow
- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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AHA/ACC vs ESC Guidelines for Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: JACC Guideline Comparison. J Am Coll Cardiol 2021; 78:1904-1918. [PMID: 34736567 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology published practice guidelines for the management of adult congenital heart disease in 2018 and the European Society of Cardiology published analogous guidelines in 2020. Although there are broad areas of consensus between the 2 documents, there are important differences that impact patient management. This review discusses key areas of agreement and disagreement between the 2 guidelines, with discussion of possible reasons for disagreement and potential implications.
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Rahman A, DeYoung T, Cahill LS, Yee Y, Debebe SK, Botelho O, Seed M, Chaturvedi RR, Sled JG. A mouse model of hypoplastic left heart syndrome demonstrating left heart hypoplasia and retrograde aortic arch flow. Dis Model Mech 2021; 14:dmm049077. [PMID: 34514502 PMCID: PMC8592017 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.049077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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In hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), the mechanisms leading to left heart hypoplasia and their associated fetal abnormalities are largely unknown. Current animal models have limited utility in resolving these questions as they either do not fully reproduce the cardiac phenotype, do not survive to term and/or have very low disease penetrance. Here, we report the development of a surgically induced mouse model of HLHS that overcomes these limitations. Briefly, we microinjected the fetal left atrium of embryonic day (E)14.5 mice with an embolizing agent under high-frequency ultrasound guidance, which partially blocks blood flow into the left heart and induces hypoplasia. At term (E18.5), all positively embolized mice exhibit retrograde aortic arch flow, non-apex-forming left ventricles and hypoplastic ascending aortas. We thus report the development of the first mouse model of isolated HLHS with a fully penetrant cardiac phenotype and survival to term. Our method allows for the interrogation of previously intractable questions, such as determining the mechanisms of cardiac hypoplasia and fetal abnormalities observed in HLHS, as well as testing of mechanism-based therapies, which are urgently lacking.
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- Anum Rahman
- Mouse Imaging Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5T 3H7, Canada
- Translational Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1L7, Canada
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- Mouse Imaging Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5T 3H7, Canada
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- Mouse Imaging Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5T 3H7, Canada
- Department of Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, NL A1B 3X7, Canada
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- Mouse Imaging Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5T 3H7, Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1L7, Canada
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- Mouse Imaging Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5T 3H7, Canada
- Translational Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1L7, Canada
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- Mouse Imaging Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5T 3H7, Canada
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada
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- Mouse Imaging Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5T 3H7, Canada
- Translational Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1L7, Canada
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1E2, Canada
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Aiello VD, Mattos SDS. The Congenital Heart Disease Diagnosis List for the eleventh iteration of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD11): Translation to Brazilian Portuguese. Arq Bras Cardiol 2021; 117:558-560. [PMID: 34550243 PMCID: PMC8462966 DOI: 10.36660/abc.20210143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Vera Demarchi Aiello
- Laboratório de Anatomia Patológica, Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP - Brasil
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Hily M, Bonnet D, Bessieres B, Garcelon N, Faour H, Houyel L. Congenital heart defects in the foetus and embryological classification: Cladistic et phylogeny. ARCHIVES OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES SUPPLEMENTS 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.acvdsp.2021.06.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Relan J, Gupta SK, Rajagopal R, Ramakrishnan S, Gulati GS, Kothari SS, Saxena A, Sharma S, Rajashekar P, Anderson RH. Clarifying the anatomy of the superior sinus venosus defect. Heart 2021; 108:689-694. [PMID: 34417206 DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2021-319334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES We sought to clarify the variations in the anatomy of the superior cavoatrial junction and anomalously connected pulmonary veins in patients with superior sinus venosus defects using computed tomographic (CT) angiography. METHODS CT angiograms of 96 consecutive patients known to have superior sinus venosus defects were analysed. RESULTS The median age of the patients was 34.5 years. In seven (7%) patients, the defect showed significant caudal extension, having a supero-inferior dimension greater than 25 mm. All patients had anomalous connection of the right superior pulmonary vein. The right middle and right inferior pulmonary vein were also connected anomalously in 88 (92%) and 17 (18%) patients, respectively. Anomalous connection of the right inferior pulmonary vein was more common in those with significant caudal extension of the defect (57% vs 15%, p=0.005). Among anomalously connected pulmonary veins, the right superior, middle, and inferior pulmonary veins were committed to the left atrium in 6, 17, and 11 patients, respectively. The superior caval vein over-rode the interatrial septum in 67 (70%) patients, with greater than 50% over-ride in 3 patients. CONCLUSION Anomalous connection of the right-sided pulmonary veins is universal, but is not limited to the right upper lobe. Not all individuals have over-riding of superior caval vein. In a minority of patients, the defect has significant caudal extension, and anomalously connected pulmonary veins are committed to the left atrium. These findings have significant clinical and therapeutic implications.
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- Jay Relan
- Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Cardiovascular Radiology and Endovascular Interventions, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Cardiovascular Radiology and Endovascular Interventions, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Cardiovascular Radiology and Endovascular Interventions, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Biosciences Institute, University of Newcastle, Newcastle-upon Tyne, UK
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Seo J, Kurosawa TA, Luis Fuentes V, Navarro-Cubas X, Bristow P, Ghez O, Brockman DJ. Surgical Management of Three Dogs with an Interatrial Communication and Atrioventricular Valve Abnormalities. CASE (PHILADELPHIA, PA.) 2021; 5:252-259. [PMID: 34430777 PMCID: PMC8370886 DOI: 10.1016/j.case.2021.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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• Large interatrial communications in dogs are rare. • When indicated, surgical closure of an interatrial communication is possible. • When indicated, surgical repair of the atrioventricular valve is possible. • Multimodal imaging aids surgical planning in cardiac surgeries of dogs.
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- Joonbum Seo
- Clinical Science and Services, Royal Veterinary College, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Science and Services, Royal Veterinary College, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Science and Services, Royal Veterinary College, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Science and Services, Royal Veterinary College, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Science and Services, Royal Veterinary College, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Royal Brompton Hospital, Chelsea, London, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Science and Services, Royal Veterinary College, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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Jacobs JP, Franklin RCG, Béland MJ, Spicer DE, Colan SD, Walters HL, Bailliard F, Houyel L, St Louis JD, Lopez L, Aiello VD, Gaynor JW, Krogmann ON, Kurosawa H, Maruszewski BJ, Stellin G, Weinberg PM, Jacobs ML, Boris JR, Cohen MS, Everett AD, Giroud JM, Guleserian KJ, Hughes ML, Juraszek AL, Seslar SP, Shepard CW, Srivastava S, Cook AC, Crucean A, Hernandez LE, Loomba RS, Rogers LS, Sanders SP, Savla JJ, Tierney ESS, Tretter JT, Wang L, Elliott MJ, Mavroudis C, Tchervenkov CI. Nomenclature for Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Care: Unification of Clinical and Administrative Nomenclature - The 2021 International Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Code (IPCCC) and the Eleventh Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2021; 12:E1-E18. [PMID: 34304616 DOI: 10.1177/21501351211032919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
Substantial progress has been made in the standardization of nomenclature for paediatric and congenital cardiac care. In 1936, Maude Abbott published her Atlas of Congenital Cardiac Disease, which was the first formal attempt to classify congenital heart disease. The International Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Code (IPCCC) is now utilized worldwide and has most recently become the paediatric and congenital cardiac component of the Eleventh Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). The most recent publication of the IPCCC was in 2017. This manuscript provides an updated 2021 version of the IPCCC. The International Society for Nomenclature of Paediatric and Congenital Heart Disease (ISNPCHD), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), developed the paediatric and congenital cardiac nomenclature that is now within the eleventh version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). This unification of IPCCC and ICD-11 is the IPCCC ICD-11 Nomenclature and is the first time that the clinical nomenclature for paediatric and congenital cardiac care and the administrative nomenclature for paediatric and congenital cardiac care are harmonized. The resultant congenital cardiac component of ICD-11 was increased from 29 congenital cardiac codes in ICD-9 and 73 congenital cardiac codes in ICD-10 to 318 codes submitted by ISNPCHD through 2018 for incorporation into ICD-11. After these 318 terms were incorporated into ICD-11 in 2018, the WHO ICD-11 team added an additional 49 terms, some of which are acceptable legacy terms from ICD-10, while others provide greater granularity than the ISNPCHD thought was originally acceptable. Thus, the total number of paediatric and congenital cardiac terms in ICD-11 is 367. In this manuscript, we describe and review the terminology, hierarchy, and definitions of the IPCCC ICD-11 Nomenclature. This article, therefore, presents a global system of nomenclature for paediatric and congenital cardiac care that unifies clinical and administrative nomenclature.The members of ISNPCHD realize that the nomenclature published in this manuscript will continue to evolve. The version of the IPCCC that was published in 2017 has evolved and changed, and it is now replaced by this 2021 version. In the future, ISNPCHD will again publish updated versions of IPCCC, as IPCCC continues to evolve.
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- Jeffrey P Jacobs
- Congenital Heart Center, UF Health Shands Hospital, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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- Paediatric Cardiology Department, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Paediatric Cardiology, The Montreal Children's Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Congenital Heart Center, UF Health Shands Hospital, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America.,Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, Johns Hopkins University, Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
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- Bailliard Henry Pediatric Cardiology, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America.,Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Congenital and Pediatric Medico-Surgical Unit, Necker Hospital-M3C, Paris, France
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- Department of Surgery and Pediatrics, Children Hospital of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia
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- Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, United States of America
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- Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Cardiac Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Pediatric Cardiology-Congenital Heart Disease, Heart Center Duisburg, Duisburg, Germany
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- Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgical Unit, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Cardiac Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Jeffrey R. Boris, MD LLC, Moylan, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Cardiac Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- All Children's Hospital, Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States of America
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- Congenital Heart Surgery, Medical City Children's Hospital, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
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- Cardiology Department, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust, United Kingdom
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- Terry Heart Institute, Wolfson Children's Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Children's Heart Clinic of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nemours Cardiac Center at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Congenital Heart Surgery, Birmingham Women's and Children's Foundation Trust Hospital, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital Heart Institute, Hollywood, Florida, United States of America
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- Advocate Children's Heart Institute, Advocate Children's Hospital, Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States of America
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- Cardiac Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
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- Cardiac Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Heart Centre, First Hospital of Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.,Peyton Manning Children's Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Montreal Children's Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Diller GP, Orwat S, Lammers AE, Radke RM, De-Torres-Alba F, Schmidt R, Marschall U, Bauer UM, Enders D, Bronstein L, Kaleschke G, Baumgartner H. Lack of specialist care is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in adult congenital heart disease: a population-based study. Eur Heart J 2021; 42:4241-4248. [PMID: 34269382 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2020] [Revised: 02/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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AIMS The aim of this study was to provide population-based data on the healthcare provision for adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) and the impact of cardiology care on morbidity and mortality in this vulnerable population. METHODS AND RESULTS Based on administrative data from one of the largest German Health Insurance Companies, all insured ACHD patients (<70 years of age) were included. Patients were stratified into those followed exclusively by primary care physicians (PCPs) and those with additional cardiology follow-up between 2014 and 2016. Associations between level of care and outcome were assessed by multivariable/propensity score Cox analyses. Overall, 24 139 patients (median age 43 years, 54.8% female) were included. Of these, only 49.7% had cardiology follow-up during the 3-year period, with 49.2% of patients only being cared for by PCPs and 1.1% having no contact with either. After comprehensive multivariable and propensity score adjustment, ACHD patients under cardiology follow-up had a significantly lower risk of death [hazard ratio (HR) 0.81, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.67-0.98; P = 0.03) or major events (HR 0.85, 95% CI 0.78-0.92; P < 0.001) compared to those only followed by PCPs. At 3-year follow-up, the absolute risk difference for mortality was 0.9% higher in ACHD patients with moderate/severe complexity lesions cared by PCPs compared to those under cardiology follow-up. CONCLUSION Cardiology care compared with primary care is associated with superior survival and lower rates of major complications in ACHD. It is alarming that even in a high resource setting with well-established specialist ACHD care approximately 50% of contemporary ACHD patients are still not linked to regular cardiac care. Almost all patients had at least one contact with a PCP during the study period, suggesting that opportunities to refer patients to cardiac specialists were missed at PCP level. More efforts are required to alert PCPs and patients to appropriate ACHD care.
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- Gerhard-Paul Diller
- Department of Cardiology III-Adult Congenital and Valvular Heart Disease, University Hospital Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer Campus 1, Building A1, Münster 48149, Germany.,National Register for Congenital Heart Disease, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin 13353, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology III-Adult Congenital and Valvular Heart Disease, University Hospital Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer Campus 1, Building A1, Münster 48149, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology III-Adult Congenital and Valvular Heart Disease, University Hospital Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer Campus 1, Building A1, Münster 48149, Germany.,Department of Paediatric Cardiology, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer Campus 1, Building A1, Münster 48149, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology III-Adult Congenital and Valvular Heart Disease, University Hospital Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer Campus 1, Building A1, Münster 48149, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology III-Adult Congenital and Valvular Heart Disease, University Hospital Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer Campus 1, Building A1, Münster 48149, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology III-Adult Congenital and Valvular Heart Disease, University Hospital Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer Campus 1, Building A1, Münster 48149, Germany
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- Department of Medicine and Health Services Research, BARMER Health Insurance, Wuppertal 42266, Germany
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- National Register for Congenital Heart Disease, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin 13353, Germany.,DZHK (Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislauf-Forschung), Potsdamer Straße 58, Berlin 10785, Germany
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- Institute of Biostatistics and Clinical Research, University Hospital Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer Campus 1, Building A1, Münster 48149, Germany
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- Institute of Biostatistics and Clinical Research, University Hospital Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer Campus 1, Building A1, Münster 48149, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology III-Adult Congenital and Valvular Heart Disease, University Hospital Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer Campus 1, Building A1, Münster 48149, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology III-Adult Congenital and Valvular Heart Disease, University Hospital Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer Campus 1, Building A1, Münster 48149, Germany.,National Register for Congenital Heart Disease, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin 13353, Germany
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Atrioventricular Septal Defects: Pathology, Imaging, and Treatment Options. Curr Cardiol Rep 2021; 23:93. [PMID: 34196822 DOI: 10.1007/s11886-021-01523-1] [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] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Atrioventricular septal defects (AVSD) represent a broad spectrum of congenital anomalies from simple to the most complex heart defects including some distinct types. Clinical presentation and timing of intervention differ by morphological subset and functional anatomy. Herein, we review morphological variations and characteristics that determine appropriate intervention and provide insights into functional anatomy based on detailed three-dimensional (3D) assessment of AVSDs. RECENT FINDINGS The understanding of functional morphology of AVSDs has improved significantly with detailed 3D echocardiographic evaluation of the atrioventricular junction and valve morphology. As prenatal detection of AVSDs has increased significantly, it has become the most common fetal cardiac diagnosis enabling antenatal counseling and delivery planning. Advances in diagnosis and perioperative care have resulted in optimal outcomes. The diagnosis and management of AVSDs have improved over the years with enhanced understanding of anatomy and perioperative care resulting in optimal short and long-term outcomes.
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