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Yilmaz Furtun B, Morris SA. Catheter-Based Fetal Cardiac Interventions. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis 2024; 11:167. [PMID: 38921667 PMCID: PMC11204342 DOI: 10.3390/jcdd11060167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2024] [Revised: 05/20/2024] [Accepted: 05/23/2024] [Indexed: 06/27/2024] Open
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Fetal cardiac intervention (FCI) is an emerging and rapidly advancing group of interventions designed to improve outcomes for fetuses with cardiovascular disease. Currently, FCI is comprised of pharmacologic therapies (e.g., trans-placental antiarrhythmics for fetal arrhythmia), open surgical procedures (e.g., surgical resection of pericardial teratoma), and catheter-based procedures (e.g., fetal aortic valvuloplasty for aortic stenosis). This review focuses on the rationale, criteria for inclusion, technical details, and current outcomes of the three most frequently performed catheter-based FCI procedures: (1) aortic valvuloplasty for critical aortic stenosis (AS) associated with evolving hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), (2) atrial septal intervention for HLHS with severely restrictive or intact atrial septum (R/IAS), and (3) pulmonary valvuloplasty for pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum (PA/IVS).
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Affiliation(s)
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- Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, 6651 Main Street, Suite E1920, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Pickard SS, Wong JB, Bucholz EM, Newburger JW, Tworetzky W, Lafranchi T, Benson CB, Wilkins-Haug LE, Porras D, Callahan R, Friedman KG. Fetal Aortic Valvuloplasty for Evolving Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: A Decision Analysis. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2020; 13:e006127. [PMID: 32252549 DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.119.006127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Fetal aortic valvuloplasty (FAV) may prevent progression of midgestation aortic stenosis to hypoplastic left heart syndrome. However, FAV has well-established risks, and its survival benefit remains unknown. Our primary aim was to determine whether FAV for midgestation aortic stenosis increases survival from fetal diagnosis to age 6 years. METHODS AND RESULTS We performed a retrospective analysis of 143 fetuses who underwent FAV from 2000 to 2017 and a secondary analysis of the Pediatric Heart Network Single Ventricle Reconstruction trial. Using these results, we developed a decision model to estimate probability of transplant-free survival from fetal diagnosis to age 6 years and postnatal restricted mean transplant-free survival time. FAV was technically successful in 84% of 143 fetuses with fetal demise in 8%. Biventricular circulation was achieved in 50% of 111 live-born infants with successful FAV but in only 16% of the 19 patients with unsuccessful FAV. The model projected overlapping probabilities of transplant-free survival to age 6 years at 75% (95% CI, 67%-82%) with FAV versus 72% (95% CI, 61%-82%) with expectant fetal management, resulting in a restricted mean transplant-free survival time benefit of 1.2 months. When limiting analyses to the improved FAV experience since 2009 to reflect current practice, (probability of technical success [94%], fetal demise [4%], and biventricular circulation [66%]), the model projected that FAV increased the probability of survival to age 6 years to 82% (95% CI, 73%-89%). Expectant management is favored if risk of fetal demise exceeded 12% or probability of biventricular circulation fell below 26%, but FAV remained favored over plausible recent range of technical success. CONCLUSIONS Our model suggests that FAV provides a modest, medium-term survival benefit over expectant fetal management. Appropriate patient selection and low risk of fetal demise with FAV are critical factors for obtaining a survival benefit.
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- Sarah S Pickard
- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, MA (S.S.P., E.M.B., J.W.N., W.T., T.L., D.P., R.C., K.G.F.).,Departments of Pediatrics (S.S.P., E.B., J.W.N., W.T., D.P., R.C., K.G.F.), Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Division of Clinical Decision Making, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA (J.B.W.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, MA (S.S.P., E.M.B., J.W.N., W.T., T.L., D.P., R.C., K.G.F.).,Departments of Pediatrics (S.S.P., E.B., J.W.N., W.T., D.P., R.C., K.G.F.), Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, MA (S.S.P., E.M.B., J.W.N., W.T., T.L., D.P., R.C., K.G.F.).,Departments of Pediatrics (S.S.P., E.B., J.W.N., W.T., D.P., R.C., K.G.F.), Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, MA (S.S.P., E.M.B., J.W.N., W.T., T.L., D.P., R.C., K.G.F.).,Departments of Pediatrics (S.S.P., E.B., J.W.N., W.T., D.P., R.C., K.G.F.), Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, MA (S.S.P., E.M.B., J.W.N., W.T., T.L., D.P., R.C., K.G.F.)
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- Departments of Radiology (C.B.B.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology (L.E.W.-H.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.,Obstetrics and Gynecology, (L.E.W.-H.), Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, MA (S.S.P., E.M.B., J.W.N., W.T., T.L., D.P., R.C., K.G.F.).,Departments of Pediatrics (S.S.P., E.B., J.W.N., W.T., D.P., R.C., K.G.F.), Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, MA (S.S.P., E.M.B., J.W.N., W.T., T.L., D.P., R.C., K.G.F.).,Departments of Pediatrics (S.S.P., E.B., J.W.N., W.T., D.P., R.C., K.G.F.), Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, MA (S.S.P., E.M.B., J.W.N., W.T., T.L., D.P., R.C., K.G.F.).,Departments of Pediatrics (S.S.P., E.B., J.W.N., W.T., D.P., R.C., K.G.F.), Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Schidlow DN, Freud L, Friedman K, Tworetzky W. Fetal interventions for structural heart disease. Echocardiography 2018; 34:1834-1841. [PMID: 29287139 DOI: 10.1111/echo.13667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Fetal cardiac intervention (FCI) offers the potential to alter in utero anatomy and physiology. For aortic stenosis with evolving hypoplastic left heart syndrome and pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum with evolving hypoplastic right heart syndrome, FCI may result in maintenance of a biventricular circulation, thus avoiding single-ventricle palliation and its attendant complications. In the case of hypoplastic left heart syndrome with intact atrial septum, FCI may ameliorate in utero pathophysiology and portend a more favorable postnatal prognosis. In all cases, a detailed fetal echocardiographic assessment to identify the appropriate FCI candidate is essential. This article reviews the three aforementioned lesions for which FCI can be considered. The pathophysiology and rationale for intervention, echocardiographic assessment, patient selection criteria, and outcomes for each lesion will be reviewed. A primary focus will be the echocardiographic evaluation of each lesion.
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- David N Schidlow
- Children's National Heart Institute, Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Friedman KG, Sleeper LA, Freud LR, Marshall AC, Godfrey ME, Drogosz M, Lafranchi T, Benson CB, Wilkins-Haug LE, Tworetzky W. Improved technical success, postnatal outcome and refined predictors of outcome for fetal aortic valvuloplasty. ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY 2018; 52:212-220. [PMID: 28543953 DOI: 10.1002/uog.17530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2016] [Revised: 04/30/2017] [Accepted: 05/13/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Fetal aortic valvuloplasty (FAV) may prevent progression of mid-gestation aortic stenosis to hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). The aim of this study was to evaluate whether technical success and biventricular (Biv) outcome after FAV have changed from an earlier (2000-2008) to a more recent (2009-2015) era and identify pre-FAV predictors of Biv outcome. METHODS We evaluated procedural and postnatal outcomes in 123 fetuses that underwent FAV for evolving HLHS at Boston Children's Hospital between 2000 and 2015. The primary outcome measure was circulation type (Biv vs single ventricle) at the time of neonatal hospital discharge. Classification and regression tree (CART) analysis was performed to construct a stratification algorithm to predict Biv circulation based on pre-FAV fetal variables. RESULTS The FAV procedure was technically successful in 101/123 (82%) fetuses, with a higher technical success rate in the more recent era than in the earlier one (49/52 (94%) vs 52/71 (73%); P = 0.003). In liveborn patients, the incidence of Biv outcome was higher in the recent than in the earlier era, both in the entire liveborn cohort (29/49 (59%) vs 16/62 (26%); P = 0.001) and in those in whom the procedure was technically successful (27/46 (59%) vs 15/47 (32%); P = 0.007). Independent predictors of Biv outcome were higher left ventricular (LV) pressure, larger ascending aorta, better LV diastolic function and higher LV long-axis Z-score. On CART analysis, fetuses with LV pressure > 47 mmHg and ascending aorta Z-score ≥ 0.57 had a 92% probability of Biv outcome (n = 24). Those with a lower LV pressure, or mitral dimension Z-score < 0.1 and mitral valve inflow time Z-score < -2 (n = 34) were unlikely to have Biv (probability of 9%). The remainder of the patients had an intermediate (∼40-60%) likelihood of Biv circulation. CONCLUSIONS The proportion of patients achieving Biv outcome after FAV has increased, probably owing to an improved technical success rate and modified selection criteria. Fetal factors, including LV pressure, size of the ascending aorta and diastolic function, are associated with likelihood of Biv circulation after FAV. Copyright © 2017 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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- K G Friedman
- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Urencio M, Greenleaf C, Salazar JD, Dodge-Khatami A. Resource and cost considerations in treating hypoplastic left heart syndrome. PEDIATRIC HEALTH MEDICINE AND THERAPEUTICS 2016; 7:149-153. [PMID: 29388599 PMCID: PMC5683290 DOI: 10.2147/phmt.s98327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) was a uniformly fatal diagnosis before 1983, when surgical treatment was first undertaken with the Norwood I operation as the first of 3-staged operations. Since then, operative survival rate of stage I has risen from 53% to over 90% in the current era, not only thanks to technical advances in surgery but also through prenatal diagnosis and imaging, enhanced cardiopulmonary bypass technology, better perioperative intensive care, and closer interstage monitoring. The improvements in patient outcomes achieved through rigorous multidisciplinary teamwork have come at a tremendous cost in manpower and resources, making HLHS still a challenge to all congenital heart programs, established or emerging. We review the various surgical steps to treat HLHS and their current expected outcomes, and put into perspective cost considerations compared to other more “simple” congenital heart defects.
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- Children's Heart Center, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
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- Children's Heart Center, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
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