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Aortic insufficiency associated with complex cardiac anomalies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Thierry A. Folliguet ,
François Laborde ,
Loїc Macé ,
Patrice Dervanian ,
Alain Dibie ,
Jean-Michel Grinda  and
Jean-Yves Neveux
Thierry A. Folliguet*
Affiliation:
From the Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson
François Laborde
Affiliation:
From the Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson
Loїc Macé
Affiliation:
Centre Médico-chirurgical de la Porte de Choisy, Paris and the Department of Pediatric-Cardiac Surgery, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson
Patrice Dervanian
Affiliation:
Centre Médico-chirurgical de la Porte de Choisy, Paris and the Department of Pediatric-Cardiac Surgery, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson
Alain Dibie
Affiliation:
From the Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson
Jean-Michel Grinda
Affiliation:
Centre Médico-chirurgical de la Porte de Choisy, Paris and the Department of Pediatric-Cardiac Surgery, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson
Jean-Yves Neveux
Affiliation:
Centre Médico-chirurgical de la Porte de Choisy, Paris and the Department of Pediatric-Cardiac Surgery, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson
*
Dr. Thierry A. Folliguet, Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Centre Médico chirurgical de la Porte de Choisy, 6 place de Port au Prince, 75013 Paris, France.
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the cause, onset, clinical outcome and treatment of aortic insufficiency developing during treatment of complex cardiac anomalies. Aortic insufficiency associated with ventricular septal defect is a well-recognized entity. Very few studies, in contrast, have addressed the development of aortic insufficiency in the presence of more complex cardiac anomalies. Ten patients were selected from two clinical centers. All patients were diagnosed with a major cardiac anomaly requiring surgical treatment. Each patient developed aortic insufficiency requiring a surgical treatment of the valve after correction or palliation of their cardiac defect. There were six males, and mean age for the series was 17 years (range 5.5 to 33 years). All patients were initially operated for repair (eight patients) or palliation (two patients) of their congenital anomaly. Five patients had tetralogy of Fallot, one had tetralogy associated with pulmonary atresia, and two patients had double outlet right ventricle, and two had complete transposition. The degree of aortic insufficiency, the amount of pulmonary stenosis present before the original procedure and the diameter of the aortic root measured before the aortic surgical procedure on the valve were assessed by angiography and echocardiography. The mean time between the last surgical procedure and the appearance of aortic regurgitation was three years, with a mean time between the last intervention and the aortic procedure of 7.3 years. The etiology of the insufficiency was explained by prolapse of an aortic leaflet in three patients. Four patients had annular dilation with central regurgitation, two patients had traumatic perforation of a leaflet, one patient had lesions consistent with endocarditis. Eight patients had dilation of the aortic root. Surgical procedures included five replacements of the aortic valve, three aortic valvoplasties, one aortic valvar replacement associated with a Glenn shunt, and one Bentall procedure. One patient died two months following an aortic valvar replacement. All patients were assessed by transthoracic echocardiography before discharged. The two main causes of aortic regurgitation, leaflet prolapse and annular dilation are age-related complications. Most patients had dilation of the aortic root from longstanding increases in aortic flow. Early repair of congenital anomalies may decrease these complications.

Keywords

Aortic valvar insufficiencyaortic leaflet prolapseaortic root dilationage-related complications
Type
Original Articles
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , April 1995 , pp. 125 - 131
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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