Aortic Valve-Sparing Repair with Autologous Pericardial Leaflet Extension Has Low Long-Term Mortality and Reoperation Rates in Children and Adults
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https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20071022Abstract
Objectives. We sought to establish whether there was a difference in outcome after aortic valve repair with autologous pericardial leaflet extension in pediatric and adult populations.
Methods. In our study, 128 patients (pediatric and adult) underwent valvular pericardial extension repair at our institution from 1997 through 2006. The patients were divided into either the pediatric group (?18 years of age; n = 54/128, 42%), with a mean age of 8.4 ± 5.4 (range, 0-17 years), or the adult group (n = 74/128, 58%), with a mean age of 48.9 ± 19.7 (range, 19-85 years). The endpoints of the study were mortality and reoperation rates.
Results. Thirty-day mortality for the adult group was 0, and for the pediatric group it was 1/54 (1.8%), with no statistical difference (P = .1) between the groups. Late mortality for the pediatric group was 2/54 (3.7%) and in the adult group was 2/74 (2.7%). There was no statistical difference (P = .12) between the groups. In the pediatric group, there were 6 total reoperations (6/54) in 5 patients, with one patient undergoing reoperation twice. From these 6 cases, 3 were re-repair and 3 had aortic valve replacement; the mean interval between original repair and reoperation was 4.3 ± 2.5 years (range, 0.1-7.7 years). In the adult group, there were 5 total reoperations (5/74). From these 5 cases, 3 had aortic valve replacement and 2 re-repair; the mean interval between original repair and reoperation was 3.5 ± 3 years (range, 0.1-7 years). There was no statistical difference in the reoperation rate between the 2 groups (P= .38). At late follow-up, 82% of all patients in the adult group had no aortic regurgitation or only a trace (grades 0 and 1) and 78% of all patients in the pediatric group had no aortic regurgitation or only a trace (grades 0 and 1). There was no statistical difference in either aortic regurgitation (P = .06) or aortic stenosis (P = .28) between the 2 groups.
Conclusions. Aortic valve repair with autologous pericardial leaflet extension has low mortality and morbidity rates, as well as good mid-term durability in both the pediatric and the adult groups.
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