Predictors of reintervention after repair of interrupted aortic arch with ventricular septal defect. 2013

Peter C Chen, and Alexander T Cubberley, and Karl Reyes, and David Zurakowski, and Christopher W Baird, and Frank A Pigula, and Tal Geva, and Sitaram M Emani
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

BACKGROUND Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction after neonatal repair of interrupted aortic arch with ventricular septal defect may warrant reintervention. We sought to identify clinical and preoperative echocardiographic predictors of reintervention for postoperative left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. METHODS Retrospective data were collected on neonates with interrupted aortic arch with ventricular septal defect who underwent single-stage repair from 1995 to 2009. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify predictors of reintervention. RESULTS Seventy patients underwent repair, with 16 patients requiring reintervention: 8 underwent surgical reintervention, 5 underwent percutaneous reintervention, and 3 underwent both. The median time to reintervention was 1.2 years (range, 0.2 to 7.7). All surgical reoperations involved subaortic resection, and all percutaneous reinterventions included balloon aortic valve dilation. Several preoperative echocardiographic measurements were significant by univariate analysis; however, smaller preoperative aortic root size was an independent predictor (p = 0.02) by multivariate analysis. Patients with an aortic root size less than 6.5 mm were at greater risk for reintervention compared with patients with a root size greater than 6.5 mm (reintervention rate 44% and 12%, respectively; p < 0.001). Postoperative left ventricular outflow tract gradient by echocardiogram before discharge was significantly higher in the reintervention group. CONCLUSIONS Preoperative aortic root size predicts reintervention for postoperative left ventricular outflow tract obstruction after single-stage repair of interrupted aortic arch with ventricular septal defect. Patients with elevated left ventricular outflow tract gradients at discharge are at higher risk of having progressive obstruction and require closer follow-up to ensure early identification and management.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D008297 Male Males
D011183 Postoperative Complications Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery. Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D011379 Prognosis A prediction of the probable outcome of a disease based on a individual's condition and the usual course of the disease as seen in similar situations. Prognostic Factor,Prognostic Factors,Factor, Prognostic,Factors, Prognostic,Prognoses
D012086 Reoperation A repeat operation for the same condition in the same patient due to disease progression or recurrence, or as followup to failed previous surgery. Revision, Joint,Revision, Surgical,Surgery, Repeat,Surgical Revision,Repeat Surgery,Revision Surgery,Joint Revision,Revision Surgeries,Surgery, Revision
D005260 Female Females
D006345 Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular Developmental abnormalities in any portion of the VENTRICULAR SEPTUM resulting in abnormal communications between the two lower chambers of the heart. Classification of ventricular septal defects is based on location of the communication, such as perimembranous, inlet, outlet (infundibular), central muscular, marginal muscular, or apical muscular defect. Ventricular Septal Defects,Intraventricular Septal Defects,Ventricular Septal Defect,Defect, Intraventricular Septal,Defect, Ventricular Septal,Defects, Intraventricular Septal,Intraventricular Septal Defect,Septal Defect, Intraventricular,Septal Defect, Ventricular,Septal Defects, Intraventricular,Septal Defects, Ventricular
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001013 Aorta, Thoracic The portion of the descending aorta proceeding from the arch of the aorta and extending to the DIAPHRAGM, eventually connecting to the ABDOMINAL AORTA. Aorta, Ascending,Aorta, Descending,Aortic Arch,Aortic Root,Arch of the Aorta,Descending Aorta,Sinotubular Junction,Ascending Aorta,Thoracic Aorta,Aortic Roots,Arch, Aortic,Ascending Aortas,Junction, Sinotubular,Root, Aortic,Sinotubular Junctions
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective

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