Long-term Outcomes of Children Operated on for Anomalous Left Coronary Artery From the Pulmonary Artery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We examined the outcomes of children (<18 years) operated on for anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA).

Methods

We linked patients undergoing ALCAPA repair between 1982 and 2003 in the Pediatric Cardiac Care Consortium with the National Death Index and the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network to examine their outcomes through 2019.

Results

We identified 228 children (median age, 6.0 months) operated on for ALCAPA. At the time of repair, 38.6% had severe mitral regurgitation (MR), and 71.4% had severe left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. Repair included primarily coronary reimplantation in 173 and the Takeuchi procedure in 34; concurrently, 18 underwent mitral valve (MV) operation. In-hospital death occurred in 31 (13.6%) a

SUBMITTER: Thomas AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9012605 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature