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Issues and outcomes in the management of supravalvar aortic stenosis.
Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 Februrary
BACKGROUND: Supravalvar stenosis of the aorta is an uncommon congenital cardiac anomaly that involves not only the supravalvar aorta but the entire aortic root. Despite considerable attention to the importance of maintaining the integrity of the aortic root during supravalvar reconstruction, there has been little focus on the management of other components of the aortic root and left ventricular outflow tract, including the aortic valve, subvalvar region, and coronary arteries.
METHODS: We reviewed the records of 36 consecutive patients with supravalvar aortic stenosis who underwent repair from 1992-1998 (median age, 4 years). Discrete stenosis was present in 29 patients, whereas the remaining 7 had the diffuse form of the disease. Associated anomalies of the aortic root and adjacent structures were present in 23 patients. The median pressure gradient across the left ventricular outflow tract was 70 mm Hg. Supravalvar stenosis was relieved by extended aortoplasty with a Y-shaped patch in 18 patients, resection of the stenotic segment of ascending aorta at the sinotubular junction with end-to-end anastomosis of the ascending aorta in 7, the Ross procedure in 4, and other techniques in 7. Additional procedures included aortic valvuloplasty in 10 patients, resection of subvalvar stenosis in 11, and procedures on the coronary arteries in 2.
RESULTS: There was 1 perioperative death, and no reoperations or other significant complications. During follow-up (median 33 months), there were no deaths and 3 reoperations for replacement of the aortic valve with a pulmonary autograft (n = 1) or mechanical prosthesis (n = 2). The median pressure gradient across the left ventricular outflow tract was 10 mm Hg.
CONCLUSIONS: In patients with supravalvar aortic stenosis, abnormalities of the aortic valve, subaortic region, and coronary arteries are frequently present as well. Management of these issues is as critical to the long-term outcome of these patients as reconstruction of the supravalvar aorta. Aggressive valvuloplasty may help decrease the incidence of late aortic valve replacement, whereas the Ross procedure may be a preferable approach in some patients with complex outflow tract obstruction.
METHODS: We reviewed the records of 36 consecutive patients with supravalvar aortic stenosis who underwent repair from 1992-1998 (median age, 4 years). Discrete stenosis was present in 29 patients, whereas the remaining 7 had the diffuse form of the disease. Associated anomalies of the aortic root and adjacent structures were present in 23 patients. The median pressure gradient across the left ventricular outflow tract was 70 mm Hg. Supravalvar stenosis was relieved by extended aortoplasty with a Y-shaped patch in 18 patients, resection of the stenotic segment of ascending aorta at the sinotubular junction with end-to-end anastomosis of the ascending aorta in 7, the Ross procedure in 4, and other techniques in 7. Additional procedures included aortic valvuloplasty in 10 patients, resection of subvalvar stenosis in 11, and procedures on the coronary arteries in 2.
RESULTS: There was 1 perioperative death, and no reoperations or other significant complications. During follow-up (median 33 months), there were no deaths and 3 reoperations for replacement of the aortic valve with a pulmonary autograft (n = 1) or mechanical prosthesis (n = 2). The median pressure gradient across the left ventricular outflow tract was 10 mm Hg.
CONCLUSIONS: In patients with supravalvar aortic stenosis, abnormalities of the aortic valve, subaortic region, and coronary arteries are frequently present as well. Management of these issues is as critical to the long-term outcome of these patients as reconstruction of the supravalvar aorta. Aggressive valvuloplasty may help decrease the incidence of late aortic valve replacement, whereas the Ross procedure may be a preferable approach in some patients with complex outflow tract obstruction.
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