Pub Date : 2023-11-01Epub Date: 2023-09-01DOI: 10.1177/21501351231178761
Abdulrazaq S Al-Jazairi, Eman M Shorog, Tarek M Owaidah, Hani Al Dalaty, Yasser A Alheriash, Rayd A Almehizia, Mamdouh D Alahmadi
Background: The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in the postoperative cardiac critical care setting is evolving. Anticoagulation monitoring is among the most challenging aspects of pediatrics. However, there is no consensus on the optimal dosing and monitoring of unfractionated heparin in this setting. To address this, we developed an anti-Xa assay-based protocol derived from the best available clinical and anecdotal evidence of ECMO use and assessed its effectiveness in achieving the anti-Xa assay therapeutic target.
Methods: This prospective single-arm study was conducted in the pediatric carcardiac-surgery intensive care unit of a large tertiary hospital. We used two different anti-Xa assay intensity levels based on the patients' bleeding status.
Results: The median patient age was 7 (interquartile range [IQR]: 5-11.25) months, and the median weight was 5.7 (IQR: 3.8-13.82) kg. The median ECMO duration was 6 (IQR: 4.5-7.5) days. The bleeding protocol was used for most patients. Seventy percent achieved the anti-Xa assay therapeutic target during the study period (median: 75.5 h, IQR: 60.5-117.5 h). Hemorrhagic complications were reported in 40% of the patients, and thrombotic complications were reported in 25%. The median length of stay was 37 (IQR: 22-43) days, with a survival-to-discharge rate of 75%.
Conclusions: Despite a failure to achieve the anti-Xa assay target within the first ECMO days, most patients achieved the target by the median ECMO duration. Moreover, using two different anti-Xa assay levels reduced thrombotic complications.
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Pub Date : 2023-11-01Epub Date: 2023-06-29DOI: 10.1177/21501351231176189
Brian P Bateson, Luqin Deng, Brittany Ange, Erle Austin, Robert Dabal, Taylor Broser, John Pennington, Sivalingam Sivakumar, Cheul Lee, Nguyen Ly Thinh Truong, Jeffery P Jacobs, Jorge Cervantes, James K Kirklin, James St Louis
Background: Mortality associated with the correction of congenital heart disease has decreased to approximately 2% in developed countries and major adverse events are uncommon. Outcomes in developing countries are less well defined. The World Database for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery was utilized to compare mortality and adverse events in developed and developing countries.
Methods: A total of 16,040 primary procedures were identified over a two-year period. Centers that submitted procedures were dichotomized to low/middle income (LMI) and high income (HI) by the Gross National Income per capita categorization. Mortality was defined as any death following the primary procedure to discharge or 90 days inpatient. Multiple logistic regression models were utilized to identify independent predictors of mortality.
Results: Of the total number of procedures analyzed, 83% (n = 13,294) were from LMI centers. Among all centers, the mean age at operation was 2.2 years, with 36% (n = 5,743) less than six months; 85% (n = 11,307) of procedures were STAT I/II for LMI centers compared with 77% (n = 2127) for HI centers (P < .0001). Overall mortality across the cohort was 2.27%. There was a statistical difference in mortality between HI centers (0.55%) versus LMI centers (2.64%) (P < .0001). After adjustment for other risk factors, the risk of death remained significantly higher in LMI centers (odds ratio: 2.36, 95% confidence interval: 1.707-3.27).
Conclusion: Although surgical expertise has increased across the globe, there remains a disparity with some outcomes associated with the correction of congenital heart disease between developing and developed countries. Further studies are needed to identify specific opportunities for improvement.
背景:在发达国家,与先天性心脏病矫正相关的死亡率已降至约2%,重大不良事件并不常见。发展中国家的成果没有得到很好的界定。世界儿科和先天性心脏外科数据库用于比较发达国家和发展中国家的死亡率和不良事件。方法:在两年的时间里,共确定了16040个主要程序。根据人均国民总收入分类,提交程序的中心被分为低/中等收入(LMI)和高收入(HI)。死亡率被定义为出院或住院90天后的任何死亡。采用多元逻辑回归模型来确定死亡率的独立预测因素。结果:在分析的手术总数中,83%(n = 13294)来自LMI中心。在所有中心中,手术时的平均年龄为2.2岁,其中36%(n = 5743)少于六个月;85%(n = 11307例)LMI中心为STAT I/II,而HI中心为77%(n=2127)(P P 结论:尽管全球外科专业知识有所增加,但发展中国家和发达国家在先天性心脏病矫正方面的一些结果仍存在差异。需要进一步研究,以确定具体的改进机会。
{"title":"Hospital Mortality and Adverse Events Following Repair of Congenital Heart Defects in Developing Countries.","authors":"Brian P Bateson, Luqin Deng, Brittany Ange, Erle Austin, Robert Dabal, Taylor Broser, John Pennington, Sivalingam Sivakumar, Cheul Lee, Nguyen Ly Thinh Truong, Jeffery P Jacobs, Jorge Cervantes, James K Kirklin, James St Louis","doi":"10.1177/21501351231176189","DOIUrl":"10.1177/21501351231176189","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Mortality associated with the correction of congenital heart disease has decreased to approximately 2% in developed countries and major adverse events are uncommon. Outcomes in developing countries are less well defined. The World Database for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery was utilized to compare mortality and adverse events in developed and developing countries.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 16,040 primary procedures were identified over a two-year period. Centers that submitted procedures were dichotomized to low/middle income (LMI) and high income (HI) by the Gross National Income per capita categorization. Mortality was defined as any death following the primary procedure to discharge or 90 days inpatient. Multiple logistic regression models were utilized to identify independent predictors of mortality.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the total number of procedures analyzed, 83% (n = 13,294) were from LMI centers. Among all centers, the mean age at operation was 2.2 years, with 36% (n = 5,743) less than six months; 85% (n = 11,307) of procedures were STAT I/II for LMI centers compared with 77% (n = 2127) for HI centers (<i>P</i> < .0001). Overall mortality across the cohort was 2.27%. There was a statistical difference in mortality between HI centers (0.55%) versus LMI centers (2.64%) (<i>P</i> < .0001). After adjustment for other risk factors, the risk of death remained significantly higher in LMI centers (odds ratio: 2.36, 95% confidence interval: 1.707-3.27).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Although surgical expertise has increased across the globe, there remains a disparity with some outcomes associated with the correction of congenital heart disease between developing and developed countries. Further studies are needed to identify specific opportunities for improvement.</p>","PeriodicalId":23974,"journal":{"name":"World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"701-707"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9773785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-01Epub Date: 2023-05-23DOI: 10.1177/21501351231176455
W Hampton Gray, Robert A Sorabella, C Mason Berry, Luz A Padilla, Mark A Law, Robert J Dabal
We describe the hybrid Norwood as first-stage palliation for a patient with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, right aortic arch, right descending aorta, bilateral ductus arteriosus, and left innominate artery arising from the left ductus.
{"title":"Hybrid Norwood for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome With Rare Aortic Arch Anatomy.","authors":"W Hampton Gray, Robert A Sorabella, C Mason Berry, Luz A Padilla, Mark A Law, Robert J Dabal","doi":"10.1177/21501351231176455","DOIUrl":"10.1177/21501351231176455","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We describe the hybrid Norwood as first-stage palliation for a patient with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, right aortic arch, right descending aorta, bilateral ductus arteriosus, and left innominate artery arising from the left ductus.</p>","PeriodicalId":23974,"journal":{"name":"World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"756-758"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9881658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-01Epub Date: 2023-09-10DOI: 10.1177/21501351231185579
Thomas S Przybycien, Tam T Doan, Athar M Qureshi, Dana Reaves-O'Neal, Ziyad Binsalamah, Silvana Molossi
A previously healthy nine-year-old boy with anomalous aortic origin of the left coronary artery (AAOLCA) with high-risk anatomy demonstrated negative stress on magnetic resonance imaging. Invasive cardiac catheterization for intracoronary flow measurement was performed and demonstrated compromised coronary flow during pharmacologic stress and significant stenosis on angiography. The patient underwent surgical intervention with normalization of coronary flow upon postoperative evaluation. Invasive intracoronary flow determination with angiography under provocative stress is emerging as a critical data point for risk stratification and management decision-making in high-risk AAOLCA patients with negative noninvasive perfusion studies.
{"title":"Invasive Coronary Assessment in a 9-Year-Old With Anomalous Aortic Origin of the Left Coronary Artery.","authors":"Thomas S Przybycien, Tam T Doan, Athar M Qureshi, Dana Reaves-O'Neal, Ziyad Binsalamah, Silvana Molossi","doi":"10.1177/21501351231185579","DOIUrl":"10.1177/21501351231185579","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A previously healthy nine-year-old boy with anomalous aortic origin of the left coronary artery (AAOLCA) with high-risk anatomy demonstrated negative stress on magnetic resonance imaging. Invasive cardiac catheterization for intracoronary flow measurement was performed and demonstrated compromised coronary flow during pharmacologic stress and significant stenosis on angiography. The patient underwent surgical intervention with normalization of coronary flow upon postoperative evaluation. Invasive intracoronary flow determination with angiography under provocative stress is emerging as a critical data point for risk stratification and management decision-making in high-risk AAOLCA patients with negative noninvasive perfusion studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":23974,"journal":{"name":"World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"746-748"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10193407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-01Epub Date: 2023-04-11DOI: 10.1177/21501351231166662
Lisa Carlson Hanse, Marcell Juan Tjørnild, Zarmiga Karunanithi, Johannes Høgfeldt Jedrzejczyk, Lejla Islamagič, Nynne Emilie Hummelshøj, Malene Enevoldsen, Germán Lugones, Mette Høj Lauridsen, Vibeke Elisabeth Hjortdal, Ignacio Lugones
Objective: The surgical treatment of malformed semilunar valves in congenital heart defects is challenging in terms of providing both longevity and the potential to grow with the recipient. We investigated a new surgical technique "Trileaflet Semilunar Valve Reconstruction" in an acute porcine model, a technique with geometrical properties that could remain sufficient and allow for some growth with the child. Methods: An acute 60-kg porcine model was used. With echocardiography, baseline pulmonary valvular geometry and hemodynamics were investigated. On cardiopulmonary bypass, the pulmonary leaflets were explanted, and the Trileaflet Semilunar Valve Reconstruction was performed with customized homograft-treated pericardial neo-leaflets. Off bypass, hemodynamics was reassessed. Results: Twelve animals were investigated. The neo-valves were found sufficient in ten animals and with minimal regurgitation in two animals. The neo-valve had a peak gradient of 3 ± 2 mm Hg with a peak velocity of 0.8 ± 0.2 m/s. The coaptation in the neo-valve had a mean increase of 4 ± 3 mm, P < .001. The neo-valve had a windmill shape in the echocardiographic short-axis view, and the neo-leaflets billowed at the annular plane in the long-axis view. Conclusions: In this acute porcine model, the neo-valve had no clinically significant regurgitation or stenosis. The neo-valve had an increased coaptation, a windmill shape, and leaflets that billowed at the annular plane. These geometric findings may allow for sustained sufficiency as the annular and pulmonary artery dimension increase with the child's growth. Further long-term studies should be performed to evaluate the efficacy and the growth potential.
{"title":"Trileaflet Semilunar Valve Reconstruction: Acute Porcine in Vivo Evaluation.","authors":"Lisa Carlson Hanse, Marcell Juan Tjørnild, Zarmiga Karunanithi, Johannes Høgfeldt Jedrzejczyk, Lejla Islamagič, Nynne Emilie Hummelshøj, Malene Enevoldsen, Germán Lugones, Mette Høj Lauridsen, Vibeke Elisabeth Hjortdal, Ignacio Lugones","doi":"10.1177/21501351231166662","DOIUrl":"10.1177/21501351231166662","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objective:</b> The surgical treatment of malformed semilunar valves in congenital heart defects is challenging in terms of providing both longevity and the potential to grow with the recipient. We investigated a new surgical technique \"Trileaflet Semilunar Valve Reconstruction\" in an acute porcine model, a technique with geometrical properties that could remain sufficient and allow for some growth with the child. <b>Methods:</b> An acute 60-kg porcine model was used. With echocardiography, baseline pulmonary valvular geometry and hemodynamics were investigated. On cardiopulmonary bypass, the pulmonary leaflets were explanted, and the Trileaflet Semilunar Valve Reconstruction was performed with customized homograft-treated pericardial neo-leaflets. Off bypass, hemodynamics was reassessed. <b>Results:</b> Twelve animals were investigated. The neo-valves were found sufficient in ten animals and with minimal regurgitation in two animals. The neo-valve had a peak gradient of 3 ± 2 mm Hg with a peak velocity of 0.8 ± 0.2 m/s. The coaptation in the neo-valve had a mean increase of 4 ± 3 mm, <i>P</i> < .001. The neo-valve had a windmill shape in the echocardiographic short-axis view, and the neo-leaflets billowed at the annular plane in the long-axis view. <b>Conclusions:</b> In this acute porcine model, the neo-valve had no clinically significant regurgitation or stenosis. The neo-valve had an increased coaptation, a windmill shape, and leaflets that billowed at the annular plane. These geometric findings may allow for sustained sufficiency as the annular and pulmonary artery dimension increase with the child's growth. Further long-term studies should be performed to evaluate the efficacy and the growth potential.</p>","PeriodicalId":23974,"journal":{"name":"World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery","volume":"14 4","pages":"509-515"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9790114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-01Epub Date: 2023-05-31DOI: 10.1177/21501351231174834
César Castillo-Romero, Julio C Cárdenas-González, Kenia K Espinosa-Guerra, Sergio A Patrón-Chi, Diego B Ortega-Zhindón, Jorge L Cervantes-Salazar
Congenitally corrected transposition of great arteries is an uncommon congenital heart disease characterized by discordance at both the atrioventricular and ventriculoarterial connections. A rare subgroup of patients with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries also has a criss-cross heart. The morphology of these patients represents a diagnostic challenge that requires critical analysis to perform a satisfactory surgical procedure. We present a case of a 12-year-old patient with the above mentioned anatomy who underwent physiologic repair.
{"title":"Physiologic Repair of Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries in a Criss-Cross Heart.","authors":"César Castillo-Romero, Julio C Cárdenas-González, Kenia K Espinosa-Guerra, Sergio A Patrón-Chi, Diego B Ortega-Zhindón, Jorge L Cervantes-Salazar","doi":"10.1177/21501351231174834","DOIUrl":"10.1177/21501351231174834","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Congenitally corrected transposition of great arteries is an uncommon congenital heart disease characterized by discordance at both the atrioventricular and ventriculoarterial connections. A rare subgroup of patients with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries also has a criss-cross heart. The morphology of these patients represents a diagnostic challenge that requires critical analysis to perform a satisfactory surgical procedure. We present a case of a 12-year-old patient with the above mentioned anatomy who underwent physiologic repair.</p>","PeriodicalId":23974,"journal":{"name":"World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery","volume":"14 4","pages":"520-523"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10171488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.1177/21501351231168829
Jeffrey P Jacobs, Thomas Krasemann, Claudia Herbst, Zdzislaw Tobota, Bohdan Maruszewski, Jose Fragata, Tjark Ebels, Vladimiro L Vida, Ilkka Mattila, Andrzej Kansy, Boulos Asfour, Jürgen Hörer, Attilio A Lotto, M Sertaç Çiçek, Petru Liuba, Sven Dittrich, Massimo Chessa, Regina Bökenkamp, Gurleen Sharland, Katarina Hanséus, Nico A Blom, George E Sarris
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.
{"title":"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).","authors":"Jeffrey P Jacobs, Thomas Krasemann, Claudia Herbst, Zdzislaw Tobota, Bohdan Maruszewski, Jose Fragata, Tjark Ebels, Vladimiro L Vida, Ilkka Mattila, Andrzej Kansy, Boulos Asfour, Jürgen Hörer, Attilio A Lotto, M Sertaç Çiçek, Petru Liuba, Sven Dittrich, Massimo Chessa, Regina Bökenkamp, Gurleen Sharland, Katarina Hanséus, Nico A Blom, George E Sarris","doi":"10.1177/21501351231168829","DOIUrl":"10.1177/21501351231168829","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>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 <i>AEPC Interventional Cardiology Part of the ECHSA-CD</i>, as well as the potentially valuable synergies provided by the shared interventional and surgical analyses of outcomes of patients. The new <i>AEPC Interventional Cardiology Part of the ECHSA-CD</i> 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 <i>AEPC Interventional Cardiology Part of the ECHSA-CD</i>. The new <i>AEPC Interventional Cardiology Part of the ECHSA-CD</i> 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.</p>","PeriodicalId":23974,"journal":{"name":"World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery","volume":"14 4","pages":"464-473"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10411030/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10324316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-01Epub Date: 2023-03-27DOI: 10.1177/21501351231162909
Michael P Penfold, Ikram-Ul Haq, Heidi M Connolly, Joseph A Dearani, Hartzell V Schaff, William R Miranda, Samuel J Asirvatham, Ammar M Killu, Arman Arghami, Elizabeth H Stephens
Background: Left (LAAA) and right atrial appendage aneurysms (RAAA) are rare entities, and their natural history, management, and long-term outcomes are not well studied.
Methods: This retrospective review includes all patients from 2000 to 2021 with atrial appendage aneurysms at our institution identified using an electronic search tool. LAAA and RAAA were confirmed using multimodality imaging and intraoperative findings.
Results: We identified 13 (87%) patients with LAAA and 2 (13%) with RAAA. At diagnosis, 11 (73%) were female, mean age was 51.4 ± 18.8 years, and ejection fraction 56.5 ± 13.1%. Three (20%) patients had congenital heart disease including 2 (13%) with atrioventricular septal defects and 1 (7%) with congenitally corrected transposition. LAAA/RAAA was diagnosed due to new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) in 6 (40%) patients and embolic stroke in 2 (13%). Ten patients had preexisting AF diagnosed 2.9 ± 1.4 years earlier at a mean age of 50.2 ± 15.5 years. Thrombus within the aneurysm was identified in 2 (15%) LAAA patients. All patients were on anticoagulation and follow-up of the cohort from diagnosis was 7.1 ± 6.2 years. Eleven (73%) patients were surgically managed with 7 (64%) lesions excised, 1 (9%) stapled, and 3 (27%) ligated. Postoperative complications occurred in 2 (18%) patients with 1 (7%) developing tricuspid regurgitation and another with pericardial effusion and tamponade.
Conclusions: Atrial appendage aneurysm is a rare disease and nearly half of patients present with AF. Surgical treatment with concomitant AF ablation is a reasonable and safe management option.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-01Epub Date: 2023-04-25DOI: 10.1177/21501351231162902
Aleksandra Wasiak, Radoslaw Jaworski, Andrzej Pastuszko, Mariusz Birbach, Michal Kozlowski, Malgorzata Mirkowicz-Malek, Joanna Friedman-Gruszczynska, Bohdan Maruszewski, Andrzej Kansy
Background: Surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) depends on the anatomical variations of the heart defect. A group of patients with a hypoplastic pulmonary valve annulus required a transannular patch. This study aimed to evaluate the early and late outcomes of ToF repair with a transannular Contegra® monocuspid patch in a single center.
Methods: A retrospective review of medical records was conducted. This study included 224 children with a median age of 13 months who underwent ToF repair with a Contegra® transannular patch in over 20 years of observation. The primary outcomes were hospital mortality and need for early reoperations. The secondary outcomes were late death and event-free survival.
Results: The hospital mortality in our group was 3.1%, whereas two patients required early reoperation. Three patients were excluded from the study because follow-up data were not available. In the remaining group of patients (212 patients), the median follow-up was 116 (range, 1-206) months. One patient died because of sudden cardiac arrest at home six months after surgery. Event-free survival was observed in 181 patients (85.4%), whereas the remaining 30 patients (14.1%) required graft replacement. The median time to reoperation was 99 (range, 4-183) months.
Conclusions: Although surgical treatment of ToF has been performed for more than 60 years worldwide, the optimal approach in children with a hypoplastic pulmonary valve annulus remains debatable. Among options, the Contegra® monocuspid patch can be effectively used in transannular repair of ToF with good long-term results.
{"title":"Outcomes of Transannular Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot With a Contegra<sup>®</sup> Monocuspid Patch.","authors":"Aleksandra Wasiak, Radoslaw Jaworski, Andrzej Pastuszko, Mariusz Birbach, Michal Kozlowski, Malgorzata Mirkowicz-Malek, Joanna Friedman-Gruszczynska, Bohdan Maruszewski, Andrzej Kansy","doi":"10.1177/21501351231162902","DOIUrl":"10.1177/21501351231162902","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) depends on the anatomical variations of the heart defect. A group of patients with a hypoplastic pulmonary valve annulus required a transannular patch. This study aimed to evaluate the early and late outcomes of ToF repair with a transannular Contegra® monocuspid patch in a single center.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective review of medical records was conducted. This study included 224 children with a median age of 13 months who underwent ToF repair with a Contegra® transannular patch in over 20 years of observation. The primary outcomes were hospital mortality and need for early reoperations. The secondary outcomes were late death and event-free survival.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The hospital mortality in our group was 3.1%, whereas two patients required early reoperation. Three patients were excluded from the study because follow-up data were not available. In the remaining group of patients (212 patients), the median follow-up was 116 (range, 1-206) months. One patient died because of sudden cardiac arrest at home six months after surgery. Event-free survival was observed in 181 patients (85.4%), whereas the remaining 30 patients (14.1%) required graft replacement. The median time to reoperation was 99 (range, 4-183) months.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Although surgical treatment of ToF has been performed for more than 60 years worldwide, the optimal approach in children with a hypoplastic pulmonary valve annulus remains debatable. Among options, the Contegra® monocuspid patch can be effectively used in transannular repair of ToF with good long-term results.</p>","PeriodicalId":23974,"journal":{"name":"World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery","volume":"14 4","pages":"427-432"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9782083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}