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Isolated atrial septal defect with pulmonary vascular obstructive disease--long-term follow-up and prediction of outcome after surgical correction.
Circulation 1987 November
UNLABELLED: We examined the cases of 702 patients found to have isolated atrial septal defect of the secundum or sinus venosus type at catheterization from 1953 to 1978. Forty patients (6%), 34 women and six men, had pulmonary vascular obstructive disease, with a total pulmonary resistance greater than 7 U/m2; of these patients 26 (mean age 47 years) underwent surgical closure and 14 (mean age 44 years) received medical treatment. All patients were followed for at least 4 years, with a median follow-up of 12 years. At the most recent follow-up, 17 of the 40 patients were dead. Of the 22 surgically treated patients with total pulmonary resistance less than 15 U/m2, 19 were alive with significant regression of symptoms. All four surgically treated patients with total pulmonary resistance greater than or equal to 15 U/m2 were dead. Of the five medically treated patients with total pulmonary resistance less than 15 U/m2, four had died, and one was alive with significant progression of symptoms. Of the nine medically treated patients with total pulmonary resistance greater than or equal to 15 U/m2, six had died and the three survivors had progression of symptoms. In the surgically treated group, the following variables correlated with survival: total pulmonary resistance (p less than .00001), pulmonary arteriolar resistance (p less than .00001), pulmonary-to-systemic resistance ratio (p = .004), systemic arterial oxygen saturation (p = .005), and pulmonary arterial oxygen saturation (p = .007).
IN CONCLUSION: (1) Atrial septal defect with high total pulmonary resistance is uncommon and predominates in adult female patients.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
IN CONCLUSION: (1) Atrial septal defect with high total pulmonary resistance is uncommon and predominates in adult female patients.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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