Valvuloplasty in 103 fetuses with critical aortic stenosis: outcome and new predictors for postnatal circulation.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To review our experience with fetal aortic valvuloplasty (FAV) in fetuses with critical aortic stenosis (CAS) and evolving hypoplastic left heart syndrome (eHLHS), including short- and medium-term postnatal outcome, and to refine selection criteria for FAV by identifying preprocedural predictors of biventricular (BV) outcome.

Methods

This was a retrospective review of all fetuses with CAS and eHLHS undergoing FAV at our center between December 2001 and September 2020. Echocardiograms and patient charts were analyzed for pre-FAV ventricular and valvular dimensions and hemodynamics and for postnatal procedures and outcomes. The primary endpoints were type of circulation 28 days after birth and at 1 year of age. Classification and regression-tree analysis was perform

SUBMITTER: Tulzer A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9324970 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature