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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Older children at the time of the Norwood operation have ongoing mortality vulnerability that continues after cavopulmonary connection
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Volume 142, No. 1, Year 2011
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Objectives: Delayed first-stage palliation of children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and related pathologies can be associated with poor outcomes because of development of progressive pulmonary vascular disease and volume load effects on the systemic ventricle and atrioventricular valve. We examine the current era's survival in this subgroup. Methods: Fifty-five infants older than 2 weeks underwent the Norwood operation (2003-2007). Separate competing risk analyses were performed to model outcomes (death and transition to the next stage) after the Norwood operation and after bidirectional cavopulmonary connection. Results: Median age was 32 days (range, 15-118 days). Forty-seven percent had hypoplastic left heart syndrome, and 53% had other complex univentricular variants. Mean ascending aortic size was 4.4 ± 1.9 mm, 10% had impaired ventricular function, 11% had moderate atrioventricular valve regurgitation, and 32% had restrictive pulmonary venous return. Pulmonary blood flow was established through an aortopulmonary shunt (n = 30) or Sano shunt (n = 25). After the Norwood operation, patients required longer ventilation and more oxygen and nitric oxide and had higher inotropic scores compared with those undergoing the traditional management protocol. Competing risks analysis showed that 2 years after the Norwood operation, 39% had died, and 57% underwent bidirectional cavopulmonary connection. Four years after bidirectional cavopulmonary connection, 15% had died, and 85% underwent the Fontan operation. Overall 3-year survival after the Norwood operation was 53%. Factors associated with mortality were age, lower weight at the time of the Norwood operation, impaired ventricular function, longer circulatory arrest, and lower pre-bidirectional cavopulmonary connection saturation. Conclusions: Children older than 2 weeks undergoing the Norwood operation frequently require postoperative pulmonary vasodilatation and high inotropic support. A significant hazard of death persists through all steps of multistage palliation. Increased pulmonary vascular resistance and volume load effects, such as systemic ventricular impairment and atrioventricular valve regurgitation, are commonly evident in patients in whom treatment fails or who do not qualify to proceed to the next stage of palliation. Those patients should be closely monitored for timely referral for heart transplantation when indicated. Copyright © 2011 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery.
Authors & Co-Authors
Alsoufi, Bahaaldin
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Manlhiot, Cedric
Canada, Toronto
Hospital for Sick Children University of Toronto
Al-Ahmadi, Mamdouh
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Al-Halees, Zohair Yousef
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Mccrindle, Brian W.
Canada, Toronto
Hospital for Sick Children University of Toronto
Mousa, Ahmed Yehia
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Al-Heraish, Yasser
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Kalloghlian, Avedis
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Statistics
Citations: 24
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.01.064
ISSN:
00225223
e-ISSN:
1097685X
Research Areas
Environmental
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health
Study Approach
Qualitative