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Pickard SS, Armstrong AK, Balasubramanian S, Buddhe S, Crum K, Kong G, Lang SM, Lee MV, Lopez L, Natarajan SS, Norris MD, Parra DA, Parthiban A, Powell AJ, Priromprintr B, Rogers LS, Sachdeva S, Shah SS, Smith CA, Stern KWD, Xiang Y, Young LT, Sachdeva R. Appropriateness of cardiovascular computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in patients with conotruncal defects. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 2023:S1934-5925(23)00048-5. [PMID: 36868899 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2023.01.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Revised: 12/11/2022] [Accepted: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND To promote the rational use of cardiovascular imaging in patients with congenital heart disease, the American College of Cardiology developed Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC), but its clinical application and pre-release benchmarks have not been evaluated. We aimed to evaluate the appropriateness of indications for cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) and cardiovascular computed tomography (CCT) in patients with conotruncal defects and to identify factors associated with maybe or rarely appropriate (M/R) indications. METHODS Twelve centers each contributed a median of 147 studies performed prior to AUC publication (01/2020) on patients with conotruncal defects. To incorporate patient characteristics and center-level effects, a hierarchical generalized linear mixed model was used. RESULTS Of the 1753 studies (80% CMR, and 20% CCT), 16% were rated M/R. Center M/R ranged from 4 to 39%. Infants accounted for 8.4% of studies. In multivariable analyses, patient- and study-level factors associated with M/R rating included: age <1 year (OR 1.90 [1.15-3.13]), truncus arteriosus (vs. tetralogy of Fallot, OR 2.55 [1.5-4.35]), and CCT (vs. CMR, OR 2.67 [1.87-3.83]). None of the provider- or center-level factors reached statistical significance in the multivariable model. CONCLUSIONS Most CMRs and CCTs ordered for the follow-up care of patients with conotruncal defects were rated appropriate. However, there was significant center-level variation in appropriateness ratings. Younger age, CCT, and truncus arteriosus were independently associated with higher odds of M/R rating. These findings could inform future quality improvement initiatives and further exploration of factors resulting in center-level variation.
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- Sarah S Pickard
- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, AnnArbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Heart Center, New York, NY, USA
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- The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Heart Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Divison of Pediatric Cardiology, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Divison of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, AnnArbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Divison of Pediatric Cardiology, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Divison of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Divison of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Mercy Kansas City, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- Pediatric Biostatistics Core, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Heart Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Pediatric Biostatistics Core, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Saengsin K, Pickard SS, Prakash A. Utility of cardiac CT in infants with congenital heart disease: Diagnostic performance and impact on management. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 2021; 16:345-349. [PMID: 34949532 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2021.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Revised: 10/24/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Advances in cardiac CT (CCT) scanner technology allow imaging without anesthesia, and with low radiation dose, making it an attractive technique in infants with congenital heart disease. However, the utility of CCT using a dual-source scanner with respect to diagnostic performance and impact on management has not been systematically studied in this population. METHODS Retrospective review of infants who underwent CCT to determine the utility of CCT with respect to the following: answering the primary diagnostic question, providing new diagnostic information, prompting a change in management, and concordance with catheterization or surgical inspection. RESULTS A total of 156 infants underwent 172 scans at a median age of 64 days, (IQR 4-188) from Jan 2016-Dec 2019. The most frequent diagnostic question was related to the pulmonary arteries (43%), followed by the aortic arch (30%), pulmonary veins (26%), coronary arteries (17%), patent ductus arteriosus (10%) and others (9%). A high-pitch spiral scan was frequently used (90%). The median effective radiation dose was low (0.66 mSv) and general anesthesia was used infrequently (23%). CCT answered the primary diagnostic question in 168/172 (98%) and added to the diagnostic information already available by echocardiography in 161/172 (96%) scans. CCT led to a change in management following 78/172 (53%) scans and had an impact on management following 167/172 (97%) scans. On follow-up, after 107/172 (62%) scans, subjects underwent cardiac surgery, and after 55/172 (32%) scans, they had cardiac catheterization. CCT findings were concordant with catheterization and/or surgical inspection in 156/159 (98%) scans. CONCLUSIONS In infants with complex congenital heart disease, CCT was accurate, answered the diagnostic questions in nearly all cases, and frequently added diagnostic information that impacted management. Radiation exposure was low, and anesthesia was needed infrequently.
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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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Sachdeva R, Valente AM, Armstrong AK, Cook SC, Han BK, Lopez L, Lui GK, Pickard SS, Powell AJ, Bhave NM, Sachdeva R, Valente AM, Pickard SS, Baffa JM, Banka P, Cohen SB, Glickstein JS, Kanter JP, Kanter RJ, Kim YY, Kipps AK, Latson LA, Lin JP, Parra DA, Rodriguez FH, Saarel EV, Srivastava S, Stephenson EA, Stout KK, Zaidi AN, Gluckman TJ, Aggarwal NR, Bhave NM, Dehmer GJ, Gilbert ON, Kumbhani DJ, Price AL, Winchester DE, Gulati M, Dehmer GJ, Doherty JU, Bhave NM, Daugherty SL, Dean LS, Desai MY, Gillam LD, Mehrotra P, Sachdeva R, Winchester DE. ACC/AHA/ASE/HRS/ISACHD/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR/SOPE 2020 Appropriate Use Criteria for Multimodality Imaging During the Follow-Up Care of Patients With Congenital Heart Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Solution Set Oversight Committee and Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force, American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography, Heart Rhythm Society, International Society for Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and Society of Pediatric Echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2020; 33:e1-e48. [PMID: 33010859 DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2020.04.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The American College of Cardiology (ACC) collaborated with the American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography, Heart Rhythm Society, International Society for Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and the Society of Pediatric Echocardiography to develop Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) for multimodality imaging during the follow-up care of patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). This is the first AUC to address cardiac imaging in adult and pediatric patients with established CHD. A number of common patient scenarios (also termed "indications") and associated assumptions and definitions were developed using guidelines, clinical trial data, and expert opinion in the field of CHD.1 The indications relate primarily to evaluation before and after cardiac surgery or catheter-based intervention, and they address routine surveillance as well as evaluation of new-onset signs or symptoms. The writing group developed 324 clinical indications, which they separated into 19 tables according to the type of cardiac lesion. Noninvasive cardiac imaging modalities that could potentially be used for these indications were incorporated into the tables, resulting in a total of 1,035 unique scenarios. These scenarios were presented to a separate, independent panel for rating, with each being scored on a scale of 1 to 9, with 1 to 3 categorized as "Rarely Appropriate," 4 to 6 as "May Be Appropriate," and 7 to 9 as "Appropriate." Forty-four percent of the scenarios were rated as Appropriate, 39% as May Be Appropriate, and 17% as Rarely Appropriate. This AUC document will provide guidance to clinicians in the care of patients with established CHD by identifying the reasonable imaging modality options available for evaluation and surveillance of such patients. It will also serve as an educational and quality improvement tool to identify patterns of care and reduce the number of Rarely Appropriate tests in clinical practice.
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Pickard SS, Prakash A, Newburger JW, Malek AM, Wong JB. Screening for Intracranial Aneurysms in Coarctation of the Aorta: A Decision and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2020; 13:e006406. [PMID: 32762482 DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.119.006406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Patients with coarctation of the aorta have a high prevalence of intracranial aneurysms (IA) and suffer subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) at younger ages than the general population. American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology guidelines recommend IA screening, but appropriate age and interval of screening and its effectiveness remain a critical knowledge gap. METHODS AND RESULTS To evaluate the benefits and cost-effectiveness of magnetic resonance angiography screening for IA in patients with coarctation of the aorta, we developed and calibrated a Markov model to match published IA prevalence estimates. The primary outcome was the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio. Secondary outcomes included lifetime cumulative incidence of prophylactic IA treatment and mortality and SAH deaths prevented. Using a payer perspective, a lifetime horizon, and a willingness-to-pay of $150 000 per quality-adjusted life-year gained, we applied a 3% annual discounting rate to costs and effects and performed 1-way, 2-way, and probabilistic sensitivity analyses. In a simulated cohort of 10 000 patients, no screening resulted in a 10.1% lifetime incidence of SAH and 183 SAH-related deaths. Screening at ages 10, 20, and 30 years led to 978 prophylactic treatments for unruptured aneurysms, 19 procedure-related deaths, and 65 SAH-related deaths. Screening at ages 10, 20, and 30 years was cost-effective compared with screening at ages 10 and 20 years (incremental cost-effectiveness ratio $106 841/quality-adjusted life-year). Uncertainty in the outcome after aneurysm treatment and quality of life after SAH influenced the preferred screening strategy. In probabilistic sensitivity analysis, screening at ages 10, 20, and 30 years was cost-effective in 41% of simulations and at ages 10 and 20 in 59% of simulations. CONCLUSIONS Our model supports the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology recommendation to screen patients with coarctation of the aorta for IA and suggests screening at ages 10 and 20 or at 10, 20, and 30 years would extend life and be cost-effective.
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- Sarah S Pickard
- Departments of Cardiology and of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (S.S.P., A.P., J.W.N.). Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Division, Department of Neurosurgery (A.M.M.) and Division of Clinical Decision Making (J.B.W.), Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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- Departments of Cardiology and of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (S.S.P., A.P., J.W.N.). Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Division, Department of Neurosurgery (A.M.M.) and Division of Clinical Decision Making (J.B.W.), Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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- Departments of Cardiology and of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (S.S.P., A.P., J.W.N.). Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Division, Department of Neurosurgery (A.M.M.) and Division of Clinical Decision Making (J.B.W.), Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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- Departments of Cardiology and of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (S.S.P., A.P., J.W.N.). Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Division, Department of Neurosurgery (A.M.M.) and Division of Clinical Decision Making (J.B.W.), Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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- Departments of Cardiology and of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (S.S.P., A.P., J.W.N.). Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Division, Department of Neurosurgery (A.M.M.) and Division of Clinical Decision Making (J.B.W.), Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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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: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [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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O'Leary ET, Alexander ME, Bezzerides VJ, Drogosz M, Economy KE, Friedman KG, Pickard SS, Tworetzky W, Mah DY. Low mortality in fetal supraventricular tachycardia: Outcomes in a 30-year single-institution experience. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2020; 31:1105-1113. [PMID: 32100356 DOI: 10.1111/jce.14406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2019] [Revised: 01/31/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To describe a single institutional experience managing fetuses with supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) and to identify associations between patient characteristics and fetal and postnatal outcomes. BACKGROUND Sustained fetal SVT is associated with significant morbidity and mortality if untreated, yet the optimal management strategy remains unclear. METHODS Retrospective cohort study including fetuses diagnosed with sustained SVT (>50% of the diagnostic echocardiogram) between 1985 and 2018. Fetuses with congenital heart disease were excluded. RESULTS Sustained SVT was diagnosed in 65 fetuses at a median gestational age of 30 weeks (range, 14-37). Atrioventricular re-entrant tachycardia and atrial flutter were the most common diagnoses, seen in 41 and 16 cases, respectively. Moderate/severe ventricular dysfunction was present in 20 fetuses, and hydrops fetalis was present in 13. Of the 57 fetuses initiated on transplacental drug therapy, 47 received digoxin first-line, yet 39 of 57 (68%) required advanced therapy with sotalol, flecainide, or amiodarone. Rate or rhythm control was achieved in 47 of 57 treated fetuses. There were no cases of intrauterine fetal demise. Later gestational age at fetal diagnosis (odds ratio [OR], 1.1, 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.01-1.2, P = .02) and moderate/severe fetal ventricular dysfunction (OR, 6.1, 95% CI, 1.7-21.6, P = .005) were associated with postnatal SVT. Two postnatal deaths occurred. CONCLUSIONS Fetuses with structurally normal hearts and sustained SVT can be effectively managed with transplacental drug therapy with minimal risk of intrauterine fetal demise. Treatment requires multiple antiarrhythmic agents in over half of cases. Later gestational age at fetal diagnosis and the presence of depressed fetal ventricular function, but not hydrops, predict postnatal arrhythmia burden.
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- Edward T O'Leary
- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Sachdeva R, Valente AM, Armstrong AK, Cook SC, Han BK, Lopez L, Lui GK, Pickard SS, Powell AJ, Bhave NM, Sachdeva R, Valente AM, Pickard SS, Baffa JM, Banka P, Cohen SB, Glickstein JS, Kanter JP, Kanter RJ, Kim YY, Kipps AK, Latson LA, Lin JP, Parra DA, Rodriguez FH, Saarel EV, Srivastava S, Stephenson EA, Stout KK, Zaidi AN. ACC/AHA/ASE/HRS/ISACHD/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR/SOPE 2020 Appropriate Use Criteria for Multimodality Imaging During the Follow-Up Care of Patients With Congenital Heart Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Solution Set Oversight Committee and Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force, American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography, Heart Rhythm Society, International Society for Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and Society of Pediatric Echocardiography. J Am Coll Cardiol 2020; 75:657-703. [PMID: 31918898 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Opotowsky AR, Pickard SS, Webb GD. Nuanced Interpretation of Administrative Data: The Case of Hospitalization for Infective Endocarditis in Adults With Tetralogy of Fallot. Can J Cardiol 2019; 35:688-691. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2019.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Revised: 03/27/2019] [Accepted: 03/28/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Pickard SS, Gauvreau K, Gurvitz M, Gagne JJ, Opotowsky AR, Jenkins KJ, Prakash A. Stroke in Adults With Coarctation of the Aorta: A National Population-Based Study. J Am Heart Assoc 2018; 7:JAHA.118.009072. [PMID: 29858370 PMCID: PMC6015389 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.118.009072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Adults with repaired coarctation of the aorta (CoA) have reduced long-term survival compared with the general population. This study aimed to determine whether CoA is independently associated with premature ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in the contemporary era. METHODS AND RESULTS This was a cross-sectional study utilizing the National Inpatient Sample database from 2005 to 2014. We hypothesized that patients with CoA are hospitalized with ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke at a younger age compared with the general population. To test this hypothesis, we compared the age at stroke in patients with and without a diagnosis of CoA using simple and multivariable weighted linear regression. Among 4 894 582 stroke discharges, 207 had a diagnosis of CoA. Patients with CoA had strokes at significantly younger age compared with patients without CoA: 18.9 years younger for all-cause stroke (P<0.001), 15.9 years younger for ischemic stroke (P<0.001), and 28.5 years younger for hemorrhagic stroke (P<0.001), after adjusting for potential confounders. There was no significant difference in the proportion of ischemic strokes between those with and without CoA (79.2% versus 83.0%, P=0.50). However, CoA patients had a higher proportion of subarachnoid hemorrhage (11.8% versus 4.8%, P=0.039) than those without CoA. Among patients who had a hemorrhagic stroke, the prevalence of unruptured intracranial aneurysms was higher in patients with CoA compared with those without CoA (23.3% versus 2.5%, P=0.002). CONCLUSIONS Patients with CoA have both ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes at significantly younger ages compared with the general population.
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- Sarah S. Pickard
- Department of CardiologyBoston Children's HospitalBostonMA,Department of PediatricsHarvard Medical SchoolBostonMA
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- Department of CardiologyBoston Children's HospitalBostonMA,Department of PediatricsHarvard Medical SchoolBostonMA
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- Department of CardiologyBoston Children's HospitalBostonMA,Department of PediatricsHarvard Medical SchoolBostonMA
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- Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and PharmacoeconomicsBrigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMA,Department of MedicineBrigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMA
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- Department of CardiologyBoston Children's HospitalBostonMA,Department of PediatricsHarvard Medical SchoolBostonMA,Department of MedicineBrigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMA
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- Department of CardiologyBoston Children's HospitalBostonMA,Department of PediatricsHarvard Medical SchoolBostonMA
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA .,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Pickard SS, Geva A, Gauvreau K, del Nido PJ, Geva T. Long-term outcomes and risk factors for aortic regurgitation after discrete subvalvular aortic stenosis resection in children. Heart 2015; 101:1547-53. [PMID: 26238147 DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2015-307460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2015] [Accepted: 06/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To characterise long-term outcomes after discrete subaortic stenosis (DSS) resection and to identify risk factors for reoperation and aortic regurgitation (AR) requiring repair or replacement. METHODS All patients who underwent DSS resection between 1984 and 2009 at our institution with at least 36 months' follow-up were included. Demographic, surgical and echocardiographic data were reviewed. Outcomes were reoperation for recurrent DSS, surgery for AR, death and morbidities, including heart transplant, endocarditis and complete heart block. RESULTS Median length of postoperative follow-up was 10.9 years (3-27.2 years). Reoperation occurred in 32 patients (21%) and plateaued 10 years after initial resection. Survival at 10 years and 20 years was 98.6% and 86.3%, respectively. Aortic valve (AoV) repair or replacement for predominant AR occurred in 31 patients (20%) during or after DSS resection. By multivariable analysis, prior aortic stenosis (AS) intervention (HR 22.4, p<0.001) was strongly associated with AoV repair or replacement. Risk factors for reoperation by multivariable analysis included younger age at resection (HR 1.24, p=0.003), preoperative gradient ≥60 mm Hg (HR 2.23, p=0.04), peeling of membrane off AoV or mitral valve (HR 2.52, p=0.01), distance of membrane to AoV <7.0 mm (HR 4.03, p=0.03) and AS (HR 2.58, p=0.01). CONCLUSIONS In this cohort, the incidence of reoperations after initial DSS resection plateaued after 10 years. Despite a significant rate of reoperation, overall survival was good. Concomitant congenital AS and its associated interventions significantly increased the risk of AR requiring surgical intervention.
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- Sarah S Pickard
- Departments of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Departments of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Critical Care Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Department of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Departments of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Departments of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Cardiovascular Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Departments of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Departments of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Tang BT, Pickard SS, Chan FP, Tsao PS, Taylor CA, Feinstein JA. Wall shear stress is decreased in the pulmonary arteries of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: An image-based, computational fluid dynamics study. Pulm Circ 2013; 2:470-6. [PMID: 23372931 PMCID: PMC3555417 DOI: 10.4103/2045-8932.105035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Previous clinical studies in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) have concentrated predominantly on distal pulmonary vascular resistance, its contribution to the disease process, and response to therapy. However, it is well known that biomechanical factors such as shear stress have an impact on endothelial health and dysfunction in other parts of the vasculature. This study tested the hypothesis that wall shear stress is reduced in the proximal pulmonary arteries of PAH patients with the belief that reduced shear stress may contribute to pulmonary endothelial cell dysfunction and as a result, PAH progression. A combined MRI and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approach was used to construct subject-specific pulmonary artery models and quantify flow features and wall shear stress (WSS) in five PAH patients with moderate-to-severe disease and five age- and sex-matched controls. Three-dimensional model reconstruction showed PAH patients have significantly larger main, right, and left pulmonary artery diameters (3.5 ± 0.4 vs. 2.7 ± 0.1 cm, P = 0.01; 2.5 ± 0.4 vs. 1.9 ± 0.2 cm, P = 0.04; and 2.6 ± 0.4 vs. 2.0 ± 0.2 cm, P = 0.01, respectively), and lower cardiac output (3.7 ± 1.2 vs. 5.8 ± 0.6 L/min, P = 0.02.). CFD showed significantly lower time-averaged central pulmonary artery WSS in PAH patients compared to controls (4.3 ± 2.8 vs. 20.5 ± 4.0 dynes/cm(2), P = 0.0004). Distal WSS was not significantly different. A novel method of measuring WSS was utilized to demonstrate for the first time that WSS is altered in some patients with PAH. Using computational modeling in patient-specific models, WSS was found to be significantly lower in the proximal pulmonary arteries of PAH patients compared to controls. Reduced WSS in proximal pulmonary arteries may play a role in the pathogenesis and progression of PAH. This data may serve as a basis for future in vitro studies of, for example, effects of WSS on gene expression.
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- Beverly T Tang
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, USA
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Lee HC, Pickard SS, Sridhar S, Dutta S. Intestinal malrotation and catastrophic volvulus in infancy. J Emerg Med 2012; 43:e49-51. [PMID: 22325550 DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.06.135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2010] [Revised: 04/27/2011] [Accepted: 06/05/2011] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Intestinal malrotation in the newborn is usually diagnosed after signs of intestinal obstruction, such as bilious emesis, and corrected with the Ladd procedure. OBJECTIVES The objective of this report is to describe the presentation of severe cases of midgut volvulus presenting in infancy, and to discuss the characteristics of these cases. CASE REPORT We performed a 7-year review at our institution and present two cases of catastrophic midgut volvulus presenting in the post-neonatal period, ending in death soon after the onset of symptoms. These two patients also had significant laboratory abnormalities compared to patients with more typical presentations resulting in favorable outcomes. CONCLUSIONS Although most cases of intestinal malrotation in infancy can be treated successfully, in some circumstances, patients' symptoms may not be detected early enough for effective treatment, and therefore may result in catastrophic midgut volvulus and death.
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- Henry Chong Lee
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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Pickard SS, Feinstein JA, Popat RA, Huang L, Dutta S. Short- and long-term outcomes of necrotizing enterocolitis in infants with congenital heart disease. Pediatrics 2009; 123:e901-6. [PMID: 19403484 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-3216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Congenital heart disease is a significant risk factor for necrotizing enterocolitis in the term infant. We compared the short- and long-term necrotizing enterocolitis-specific outcomes of infants with congenital heart disease with those of neonates without congenital heart disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS A retrospective study of 202 patients with necrotizing enterocolitis treated at our center from May 1999 to August 2007 was conducted. Infants with necrotizing enterocolitis were grouped according to the presence (n = 76) or absence (n = 126) of congenital heart disease. Demographic and necrotizing enterocolitis-specific outcomes were recorded. The groups were compared by nonparametric and chi(2) analyses. Univariate and multivariate odds ratios were determined for each outcome. RESULTS The average birth weight and gestational age of the 2 groups were not significantly different. The initial necrotizing enterocolitis severity, as determined by Bell stage, was less for necrotizing enterocolitis subjects with congenital heart disease compared with those without congenital heart disease. When controlling for birth weight and gestational age, the congenital heart disease group had decreased risk of perforation, need for a bowel operation, strictures, need for a stoma, sepsis, and short bowel syndrome compared with the non-congenital heart disease group. Although not statistically significant, subjects with congenital heart disease had a trend toward decreased risk of death from necrotizing enterocolitis, recurrent necrotizing enterocolitis, and need for peritoneal drainage. CONCLUSIONS Infants with congenital heart disease and necrotizing enterocolitis have decreased risk of major short- and long-term negative outcomes associated with necrotizing enterocolitis compared with neonates without congenital heart disease. Differences in initial severity, range of age at diagnosis, and prognoses between subjects with necrotizing enterocolitis with and without cardiac disease suggest that necrotizing enterocolitis in the cardiac patient is a distinct disease process and should be labeled cardiogenic necrotizing enterocolitis.
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- Sarah S Pickard
- Divisions of Pediatric Surgery, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94304, USA
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