Pulmonary arterial hypertension in children after neonatal arterial switch operation. 2017

Willemijn Mh Zijlstra, and Ola Elmasry, and Shari Pepplinkhuizen, and D Dunbar Ivy, and Damien Bonnet, and Paul Luijendijk, and Marilyne Lévy, and Jose Luis Gavilan, and Alba Torrent-Vernetta, and Alberto Mendoza, and Maria Jesus Del Cerro, and Shahin Moledina, and Rolf Mf Berger
Center for Congenital Heart Diseases, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Paediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) after neonatal arterial switch operation (ASO) for transposition of the great arteries (TGA) is a clinically recognised entity with an estimated incidence of 0.6%-1.0%. Nevertheless, a clinical characterisation is lacking. We present an international cohort of children with PAH after neonatal ASO for TGA and describe epidemiology and clinical course. Data were collected of children with PAH after neonatal ASO (≤6 weeks after birth) for simple TGA without residual shunt defects, identified in four national paediatric PAH networks in Europe and one US referral centre. Twenty-five children were identified between 1989 and 2014. In 17 children (68%), PAH was detected <1 year after ASO. In the remaining children, PAH was detected after median 64 months (IQR 19.5, 94.5). Nineteen children (96%) received PAH-targeted therapies. During follow-up after ASO (median 5.2 years), eight children died, four underwent lung transplantation and two received a Potts shunt. 1-year and 5-year Potts shunt- and transplantation-free survival after ASO was 100% and 73%. From first PAH detection, this was 100% and 58%, respectively, which did not differ between children with early (<1 year after ASO) or late PAH detection. The occurrence of PAH after ASO for TGA represents a specific association. PAH onset may be early or late after ASO, with similar fatal course from first PAH detection. Mechanisms leading to PAH in this association are unknown, but may include abnormal prenatal pulmonary haemodynamics and/or genetic susceptibility. Routine, lifelong follow-up for children who undergo ASO for TGA should include screening for PAH.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006976 Hypertension, Pulmonary Increased VASCULAR RESISTANCE in the PULMONARY CIRCULATION, usually secondary to HEART DISEASES or LUNG DISEASES. Pulmonary Hypertension
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D008297 Male Males
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005060 Europe The continent north of AFRICA, west of ASIA and east of the ATLANTIC OCEAN. Northern Europe,Southern Europe,Western Europe
D005260 Female Females
D005500 Follow-Up Studies Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease. Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000069278 Arterial Switch Operation Surgical procedure for anatomical correction of transposed great arteries (e.g., DOUBLE OUTLET RIGHT VENTRICLE). Arterial Switch Procedure,Arterial Switch Technique,Atrial Switch Operation,Atrial Switch Procedure,Atrial Switch Repair,Atrial Switch Technique,Double-Switch Operation,Double-Switch Procedure,Double-Switch Technique,Jatene Operation,Jatene Procedure,Jatene Technique,Mustard Operation,Mustard Procedure,Mustard Repair,Rastelli Operation,Rastelli Procedure,Rastelli Repair,Rastelli Technique,Senning Operation,Senning Procedure,Arterial Switch Operations,Arterial Switch Procedures,Arterial Switch Techniques,Atrial Switch Operations,Atrial Switch Procedures,Atrial Switch Repairs,Atrial Switch Techniques,Double Switch Operation,Double Switch Procedure,Double Switch Technique,Double-Switch Operations,Double-Switch Procedures,Double-Switch Techniques,Operation, Arterial Switch,Operation, Atrial Switch,Operation, Double-Switch,Operation, Jatene,Operation, Mustard,Operation, Rastelli,Operation, Senning,Operations, Arterial Switch,Operations, Atrial Switch,Operations, Double-Switch,Procedure, Arterial Switch,Procedure, Atrial Switch,Procedure, Double-Switch,Procedure, Jatene,Procedure, Mustard,Procedure, Rastelli,Procedure, Senning,Procedures, Arterial Switch,Procedures, Atrial Switch,Procedures, Double-Switch,Repair, Atrial Switch,Repair, Mustard,Repair, Rastelli,Repairs, Atrial Switch,Technique, Arterial Switch,Technique, Atrial Switch,Technique, Double-Switch,Technique, Jatene,Technique, Rastelli,Techniques, Arterial Switch,Techniques, Atrial Switch,Techniques, Double-Switch
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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