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Outcomes for patients with an aortopulmonary window, and the impact of associated cardiovascular lesions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2005

Rajesh Bagtharia ,
Kalyani R. Trivedi ,
Harold M. Burkhart ,
William G. Williams ,
Robert M. Freedom ,
Glen S. Van Arsdell  and
Brian W. McCrindle
Rajesh Bagtharia
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Kalyani R. Trivedi
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Harold M. Burkhart
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
William G. Williams
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Robert M. Freedom
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Glen S. Van Arsdell
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Brian W. McCrindle
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Abstract

An aortopulmonary window is a communication between the ascending aorta and pulmonary trunk in the presence of two separate arterial valves, and is often complicated by other associated defects. We sought to determine management and related outcomes in patients with this malformation.

We identified those patients presenting between 1969 and 1999 from the databases held in our Departments of Cardiology, Pathology and Cardiovascular Surgery. We obtained data relating to issues concerning demography, clinical findings, imaging, management and outcome.

The median age at presentation for the 42 patients identified, of whom 23 were female, was 62 days, with a range from birth to 6 years. Associated cardiac defects were present in 34 patients, including interruption of the aortic arch in 6 patients. The correct diagnosis was initially missed in 13 patients. Of the patients, six died without surgical repair, and 1 patient was lost-to-follow-up. Repair was performed in 35 patients, subsequent to repair of other defects in 4, in association with repair of other defects in 17, of whom 3 died, and as an isolated procedure in 14 patients, one of the latter being treated by transcatheter closure. Overall, there were 9 deaths, all in patients with complex associated defects, except 1 patient with a missed aortopulmonary window after repair of aortic coarctation. Kaplan-Meier estimates of survival were 81% at 3 months until 11.5 years, and 69% up to 21 years. Only the presence of interrupted aortic arch was independently associated with increased time-related mortality, the hazard ratio being 5.87 (p = 0.009).

The outcome for an isolated lesion is excellent. Mortality occurs mainly before repair, mostly with complex associated lesions, particularly interruption of the aortic arch.

Keywords

Aortopulmonary fenestrationaorticopulmonary septal defectaortopulmonary fistulacongenital heart disease
Type
Original Article
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 14 , Issue 5 , October 2004 , pp. 473 - 480
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© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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