ABSTRACT
Objective:To summarize the results of surgical treatment for complete atrioventricular septal defect(CAVSD) in early and middle stages.Methods:147 children with CAVSD in Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center from January 2010 to December 2019 were selected, Males 85, females 62, median age of surgery 5 months(1 months-10 years old), median body mass 5.5 kg(2.4-20.9 kg). Complete atrioventricular septal defect was diagnosed by ultrasonic cardiogram before surgery. All the children underwent atrial ventricular valve formation and underwent simultaneous repair.Outpatient follow-up was planned.Ultrasonic cardiogram and electrocardiogram were performed. SPSS 22 statistical software was used for data analysis.Results:All 147 CAVSD patients underwent one-time surgical correction.Early postoperative death occurred in 7 cases(4.76%). The causes of death were: 3 cases of pulmonary hypertension crisis, 3 cases of severe mitral insufficiency(MI), 1 case of postoperative malignant arrhythmia, and the rest of the children were cured and discharged. Permanent pacemaker was installed in 3 patients due to atrioventricular block(AVB). The follow-up time was 1-10 years old, and 2 patients died in late stage: 1 patient did not seek medical treatment in time due to infection, and 1 patient had unknown cause. Five patients underwent secondary surgery: 4 due to severe mitral/tricuspid insufficiency(MI/TI) and 1 due to delayed AVB. The mid-term follow-up showed 9 cases of severe MI and 4 cases of severe TI. Compared with children with surgical age<3 months and ≥3 months, there were statistically significant differences in postoperative ventilator-assisted ventilation time, severe MI before postoperative discharge and total mortality between the two groups( P<0.05). Mid-term follow-up results showed no difference between the two groups. There were statistically significant differences in surgical age, postoperative CICU stay time and total hospital stay between the children with trisomy 21-syndrome and those without trisomy 21-syndrome( P<0.05), and there was no difference between the two groups in mid-term follow-up results. Residual shunt of 1-3 mm VSD was found in 29 cases, 26 cases were closed during follow-up, and 3 cases had smaller residual shunt. Conclusion:Modified single patch technique treatment of CAVSD has good effect, low mortality and low re-operation rate. But age <3 months group, infant mortality was significantly increased, the duration of postoperative mechanical assisted ventilation was prolonged, and the proportion of early postoperative severe MI was high.Severe MI and TI is easy to occur after CAVSD, which requires long-term follow-up and timely treatment. The children with trisomy 21-syndrome were similar to those with normal chromosome except for longer stay in ICU and total hospital stay.
ABSTRACT
Objective:To compare the predictive ability of SpO 2/FiO 2(S/F) and ROX index on the failure of high-flow nasal cannula(HFNC)therapy in children with acute respiratory failure after congenital heart disease surgery, and to identify the best cut-off point. Methods:Through a case-control study, the clinical data of 371 children with acute respiratory failure after congenital heart surgery treated with HFNC admitted to Guangzhou Women and Children′s Medical Center from January 2018 to December 2021 were retrospectively analyzed.The primary outcome was the need for re-intubation within 48 h after extubation of invasive ventilation.The ability of S/F and ROX index to predict HFNC failure was compared, and the optimal cut-off point was determined based on the area under the curve (AUC) of receiver operating characteristic curve.Results:A total of 371 children were included, of whom 27 (7.3%) eventually required mechanical ventilation within 48 h. The S/F prediction accuracy was highest after 6 h of HFNC treatment(AUC=0.712, 95% CI 0.599-0.825, P=0.001), and the best cut-off point for S/F was 178 mmHg(1 mmHg=0.133 kPa)(sensitivity 74.9%, specificity 69.6%). Whereas the prediction accuracy of the ROX index was highest after 12 hours of HFNC treatment, the AUC was 0.737(95% CI 0.623-0.851, P=0.002), and the best cut-off point of the ROX index was 5.865(sensitivity 72.4% specificity 66.7%). The difference in AUC between S/F after 6 h of HFNC treatment and ROX after 12 h was not statistically significant ( P=0.444), with higher sensitivity and specificity, and earlier prediction time(6 hours) in the former. Conclusion:Children with acute respiratory failure after congenital heart surgery have a strong predictive ability of S/F after 6 h of HFNC treatment, and the risk of HFNC treatment failure is higher in children with S/F <178 mmHg.
ABSTRACT
Objective:To examine the occurrence of seizures and perioperative risk factors in children after obtaining cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB).Methods:Electroencephalograph (EEG) and cerebral oxygen saturation (ScO 2) were monitored in 87 patients (aged 3 days-110 months, with the median at 4.4 months) and they were admitted to the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) from May 2018 to April 2019, with 77 patients for 72 h after CPB and 10 cases with clinical seizures after CICU discharge for 8-180 h. Clinical data were recorded every 4 hours, including blood pressure, central venous pressure (CVP), temperature, arterial blood gases, lactate, doses of Dopamine, Milrinone, and Adrenalin, and daily C-reaction protein (CRP) and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide(NT-proBNP). Demographic data, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons-European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery(STAT) mortality classification and clinical outcomes (duration of mechanical ventilation, CICU and hospital stay, and death) were recorded. Results:Seizures occurred in 24 patients (27.6%) within 48 h after CPB.EEG seizures appeared in 7 patients, both EEG and clinical seizures in 7 patients, and clinical seizures in 10 patients.Three patients developed epilepsy.There were 2 hospital deaths and both had EEG seizures.Patients with seizures had higher STAT categories, longer operative time and worse clinical outcomes (all P<0.05). Univariate regression revealed that the occurrence of seizures was positively related to adrenalin, temperature, lactate level (all P<0.01), blood pressure, CVP (all P<0.05) and CRP ( P<0.1), and negatively correlated with arterial carbon dioxide tension[ pa(CO 2)], ScO 2 and dose of Milrinone (all P<0.05). In multivariate regression, only dose of Adrenalin ( P<0.001) and lactate level ( P<0.01) remained significant. Conclusions:The incidence of seizures was high in children after CPB.Numerous perioperative factors that were related to seizures were identified.The most significant risk factors were higher dose of adrenaline and lactate level.Studies on neurological injury after CPB are urgently needed in China in order to reduce brain injury and improve neurodevelopmental outcomes.
ABSTRACT
Objective:To explore the application value of whole genome and high resolution chromosome microarray analysis (CMA) in genetically etiological diagnosis of infants and young children with congenital heart disease (CHD).Methods:The clinical data of 130 infants and young children with CHD who were hospitalized and received CMA test at the Department of Pediatrics, Guangzhou Women and Children′s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University from January 2016 to December 2018 were retrospectively analyzed.The whole genome CMA test was carried out as per the standard operating procedure of American Affymetrix CytoScan HD platform.The results were analyzed by using chromosome analysis suite (ChAS) software and related bioinformatics.CHD patients were divided into the isolated CHD group and the syndromic CHD group according to whether they had extracardial abnormalities.According to the CHD phenotype features of these 2 groups obtained by anatomical results, patients were divided into the simple CHD group and the complex CHD group.Results:Among 130 CHD infants and young children receiving CMA, there were 60 clinically significant copy number variations (CNVs) detected by CMA in 53 patients, with a diagnostic rate of 40.8%(53/130 cases). The pathogenic CNVs of 32 patients (24.6%) were less than 10 7 bp.There were 29 cases (54.7%) of genetic syndromes related to chromosomal microdeletion or microduplication.22q11.2 microdeletion syndrome, Williams-Beuren syndrome and Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome were the most common syndromes.The detection rates of pathogenic CNVs between the isolated CHD group [42.8% (30/70 cases)] and the syndromic CHD group [38.3% (23/60 cases)] was not statistically significantly different ( P=0.60). The detection rates of pathogenic CNVs between the simple CHD group [34.4% (20/58 cases)] and the complex CHD group [45.8% (33/72 cases)] was not statistically significantly different ( P=0.19). By genotypic and phenotypic analysis, genes such as SUZ12, DGCR6, YWHAE, CRKL, LZTR1, DLG1, ADAP2 and TBX6 were identified as potential candidate pathogenic genes of CHD. Conclusions:CMA has important application value in CHD in infants and young children.It is recommended that CMA should be used as the first-line genetic detection technology for CHD infants and children.CHD patients of various types should be tested by CMA.
ABSTRACT
Objective To summarize the experience of cannulation for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in infants less than 5 kg. Methods Eleven infants with ECMO support who weighed less than 5 kg were admitted to critical care medicine of Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center from June 2016 to June 2018 were enrolled. Retrospective analysis of support type, configuration, site of cannula and complication of ECMO was performed. Results The 11 infants consisted of 9 males and 2 females. The weight on ECMO of 1.96-4.60 kg, with an average of (3.14±0.65) kg; age 0.1-30.0 days, with a median of 5.6 (1.5, 8.3) days. Four cases were given ECMO because of congenital diaphragmatic hernia with severe pulmonary hypertension and other 7 cases were cannulated due to complication of congenital cardiac surgery. All infants were received veno-arterial (V-A) ECMO. In 4 cases, the cannulas were placed in the right internal jugular vein for drainage (8-10 French catheter with 6.0-7.5 cm depth) and the right carotid artery for infusion (6-8 French catheter with 2.5-3.5 cm depth); the average time of cannulation in right carotid and jugular vessels was (73±20) minutes (range 55-100 minutes). In other 7 cases, the cannulas were inserted into the right atrium (12-14 French catheter with 2.8-3.0 cm depth) for draining blood and returning it to the ascending aorta (6-8 French catheter with 1.0-2.0 cm depth); the average time of cannulation in central vessels was (64±31) minutes (range 35-110 minutes) with exclusion of 2 cases intraoperative cannulation. There were three infants with complications. One episode was shown in vascular rupture, one in catheter site hemorrhage and one in cannula malposition with later repositioning. There was no case of insertion site infection, cannula-related bloodstream infection and accident detached cannula. Conclusion Cannulation for ECMO can be performed in infants less than 5 kg with a high rate of success and a low rate of complication owing to appropriate catheter and skillful cannulation.
ABSTRACT
Objective@#To survey the conduction and evaluate the effectiveness of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) therapy in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in China mainland.@*Methods@#In a questionnaire-based survey, we retrospectively reviewed the application of ECMO in children's hospital and general hospital in China mainland to summarize and analyze the categories of diseases and prognosis of children treated with ECMO therapy.@*Results@#By December 31, 2017, a total of 23 hospitals using ECMO, including 22 tertiary referral hospitals and 1 secondary hospital, among which 16 were children′s hospitals and 7 were general hospitals. Thirty-seven ECMO equipment was available. A total of 518 patients treated with ECMO, within whom 323 (62.4%) successfully weaned from ECMO and 262 (50.6%) survived to discharge. Among 375 pediatric patients, 233 (62.1%) were successfully weaned from ECMO and 186 (49.6%) survived to discharge. Among 143 newborn patients, 90 (62.9%) successfully weaned from ECMO, 76 (53.1%) survived to discharge. ECMO was applied in veno-arterial (VA) mode to 501 (96.7%) patients, veno-venous (VV) mode to 14 (2.7%) patients, and VV-VA conversion mode to 3 (0.6%) patients. Sixty-nine patients required extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR), including 20 newborn patients (29.0%) and 38 pediatric patients (71.0%), who were all with cardiovascular disease. Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (26/61), persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) (12/61), and meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) (11/61) are the most common pulmonary diseases in newborn patients; among whom, infants with PPHN had highest survival rate (10/12), followed by MAS (9/11). Among newborn patients with cardiovascular diseases, those who admitted were after surgery for congenital cardiac disease were the most common (54/82), while those with septic shock had the highest survival rate (2/3). In pediatric pulmonary diseases, acute respiratory distress syndrome was the most common (42/93), while plastic bronchitis was with the highest survival rate (4/4), followed by viral pneumonia (13/16). Among pediatric cardiovascular diseases, congenital cardiac defect was the most common (124/282), while fulminant myocarditis had the highest survival rate (54/77).@*Conclusion@#The application of ECMO as a rescue therapy for children with severe cardiopulmonary failure has dramatically developed in China mainland.
ABSTRACT
Objective It has been increasingly realized that perioperative nutritional support plays an important role in improving clinical outcomes in children with congenital heart disease ( CHD) undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery.The purpose of this review was to examine the nutritional conditions in perioperative CHD children and the main problems in nutri-tional management in the cardiac intensive care unit ( CICU) , based on which further directions were proposed .We found that preoperative malnutrition is common .This limited research of energy and protein is further compounded by the complex meta-bolic alterations with hyper-metabolism, hyper-catabolism and hypo-anabolism in the early postoperative course.Knowledge a-bout energy and protein metabolism and requirements in post-CPB children remains much limited .The current nutritional rec-ommendations in the CICU are based on little evidence .Insufficient energy and protein supply to meet demands remains a norm in the immediate postoperative period .The commonly used predictive equations do not provide accurate estimate of energy re-quirement in individual patients during the highly dynamic postoperative course .Indirect calorimetry can provide the best esti-mate of energy requirements for CHD infants .Nitrogen balance is recommended to assess the minimal protein requirement . During the early postoperative period, daily measurements of resting energy expenditure using indirect calorimetry and nitrogen balance in each individual child are essential to optimize energy and protein supply to meet requirements .A paradigm should be shifted toward individualized nutrition prescription in the context of a specific CICU feeding algorithm .
ABSTRACT
Objective We reviewed our experience with modified Fontan in patients with functional single ventricle and apicocaval juxtaposition with a special focus on route selection and outcomes.Methods From January 201 1 to April 2016,31 patients with functional single ventricle and apicocaval juxtaposition underwent modified Fontan procedure at our hospital.Mean age at operation was(58.5 ± 32.4) months(ranged 16 months to 14 year),and the mean body weight was (16.2 ± 6.0) kg (range,9.1-40.3 kg).There were right atrial isomerism 7 cases,complete atrioventricular canal defect 9 cases,≥moderate atrioventricular valve regurgitation 4 cases,total anomalous pulmonary venous connection 8 cases,and anomalous hepatic venous connection 4 cases.Fontan procedure was performed in 5 patients,bidirectional Glenn in 13,Kawashima in 3,central shunt in 1,atrioventricular valve replacement in 5,and pulmonary artery banding in 5.Results In 24 patients,the extracardiac conduit was placed between the inferior vena cava(IVC) and the ipsilateral pulmonary artery behind the ventricle.In the 5 other patients,the conduit was placed between the IVC and the contralateral pulmonary artery.In another 2 patients the tube graft was anastomosed with the contralateral pulmonary artery(intraextracardiac Fontan).After operation,the peripheral blood oxygen saturation was 0.90 ±0.06.Five patients suffered pleural effusion,and 1 patient died of infection during hospitalization.The follow-up duration was(17.5 ± 15.4) months(1-65 months).There was no late death and reoperation.Conclusion Modified Fontan procedure in functional single ventricle and apicocaval juxtaposition can be carried out with favorable midterm outcomes.Care must be taken in regard to critical conduit oppression by the ventricle or compression on pulmonary veins.
ABSTRACT
Objective To discuss the relationship between cardio-vocal syndrome and pulmonary arterial hypertension in infants with congenital heart disease(CHD).Methods Based on the electronic bronchoscopy results,257 less than one-year-old infants with congenital heart disease were selected and divided into vocal cord paralysis positive group (31 cases) and negative group(226 cases).Factors including age,sex,body weight,pulmonary arterial hypertension degree and PA/AO value were compared between the two groups.The risk factors of left vocal cord paralysis were analyzed using logistic regression method.Results There were no significant differences in age and weight between left vocal cord paralysis positive group and negative group(P ＞0.05).While incidence of pulmonary arterial hypertension and PA/AO value of the positive group were significantly higher than those of the negative group (P ＜ 0.01).The incidence of left vocal cord paralysis in no,mild-moderate and severe pulmonary arterial hypertension groups were 1.39％,10.6％ and 22.0％ (P ＜ 0.05) respectively.Left vocal cord paralysis was positively correlated with the degree of pulmonary arterial hypertension (r =0.179,P ＜ 0.01) and PA/AO value (r =0.169,P ＜ 0.01).Pulmonary arterial hypertension was an independent risk factor of left vocal cord paralysis (P =0.005,OR =1.689).Conclusion Left vocal cord paralysis was significantly correlated with pulmonary arterial hypertension and pulmonary artery dilatation.So pulmonary arterial hypertension should be one of the possible causes of cardio-vocal syndrome in infants with CHD.
ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the efficacy and safety of enriched-calorie formula in post-operative infants with congenital heart disease and malnutrition.Methods All malnourished infants less than 6 months diagnosed congenital heart disease: ventricular septal defect and had undergone surgery in Guangzhou Women and Children`s Medical Center from December 1,2014 to May 30,2015 were included in this study.All cases were randomly divided into intervention group(energy-enriched formula,intervention group)and control group(standard formula,control group)for enteral nutrition intervention and observed for 3 months.Body mass,body length,upper arm circumference,blood prealbumin(PA),retinol binding protein(RBP),and B-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide(NT-proBNP)were measured before and after ICU,after discharge,and 1 month and 3 months after operation.Results Fifty-one cases were in intervention group and 50 cases in control group,respectively.There were no significant differences in body mass,body length,arm circumference,PA,RBP,mean enteral nutrition starting time,mechanical ventilation time,length of ICU stay,hospitalization time,and average fluid intake between the two groups(all P>0.05).The average caloric intake in intervention group was significantly higher than in control group [(437.24±6.68)kJ vs.(312.43±86.22)kJ,P=0.001].There was no significant difference in NT-proBNP,PA,and RBP at different time points between the two groups(all P>0.05).The improvement of nutrition in intervention group was significantly higher than that in control group at 1 month(25.0％vs.4.9％,P=0.011)and 3 months(64.1％vs.15.7％,P<0.001)after operation.Body mass increased in intervention group [(0.067±0.348)kg] compared with that in control group,and decreased [(0.125±0.425)kg] in control group(P=0.015).Body weight[(5.46±1.36)kg vs.(4.80±1.01)kg,P=0.008],weight for age Z score(WAZ)(-2.79±1.28 vs.-3.75±1.27,P<0.001),and height for weight Z score(WHZ)(-2.47±1.43 vs.-3.62±1.77,P=0.001)one month after surgery were significantly higher than those before operation.Body weight [(6.78±1.42)kg vs.(5.72±1.01)kg,P<0.001] arm circumference [(12.80±1.17)cm vs.(12.00±0.90)cm,P<0.001],WAZ(-1.60±1.17 vs.-3.10±1.40,P<0.001),height for age Z score(HAZ)(-1.41±1.63 vs.-2.10±1.41,P=0.034),and WHZ(-0.86±1.31 vs.-2.59±2.13,P<0.001)of the two groups at 3 months postoperative were significantly higher than those before operation,and the growth rate of intervention group was faster than control group.There were no significant adverse reactions in both groups.Conclusion Calorie-enriched formula powder can help malnourished infants to catch up after congenital heart disease surgery.
ABSTRACT
Objective We reviewed our experience with modified Fontan in patients with functional single ventricle and apicocaval juxtaposition with a special focus on route selection and outcomes.Methods From January 201 1 to April 2016,31 patients with functional single ventricle and apicocaval juxtaposition underwent modified Fontan procedure at our hospital.Mean age at operation was(58.5 ± 32.4) months(ranged 16 months to 14 year),and the mean body weight was (16.2 ± 6.0) kg (range,9.1-40.3 kg).There were right atrial isomerism 7 cases,complete atrioventricular canal defect 9 cases,≥moderate atrioventricular valve regurgitation 4 cases,total anomalous pulmonary venous connection 8 cases,and anomalous hepatic venous connection 4 cases.Fontan procedure was performed in 5 patients,bidirectional Glenn in 13,Kawashima in 3,central shunt in 1,atrioventricular valve replacement in 5,and pulmonary artery banding in 5.Results In 24 patients,the extracardiac conduit was placed between the inferior vena cava(IVC) and the ipsilateral pulmonary artery behind the ventricle.In the 5 other patients,the conduit was placed between the IVC and the contralateral pulmonary artery.In another 2 patients the tube graft was anastomosed with the contralateral pulmonary artery(intraextracardiac Fontan).After operation,the peripheral blood oxygen saturation was 0.90 ±0.06.Five patients suffered pleural effusion,and 1 patient died of infection during hospitalization.The follow-up duration was(17.5 ± 15.4) months(1-65 months).There was no late death and reoperation.Conclusion Modified Fontan procedure in functional single ventricle and apicocaval juxtaposition can be carried out with favorable midterm outcomes.Care must be taken in regard to critical conduit oppression by the ventricle or compression on pulmonary veins.
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To discuss the diagnosis and surgical treatment of congenital vascular ring and prognostic factors.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The clinic data of 42 cases of congenital vascular from January 2010 to December 2013 was analyzed retrospectively (accounting for 1.04% congenital heart operations over the same period ). There were 26 male and 16 female patients, aged at surgery 24 days to 6 years (average 10.7 months). The diagnosis including pulmonary artery sling in 26 cases, double aortic arch in 10 cases, right aortic arch with aberrant left subclavian artery in 3 cases, pulmonary artery sling and right aortic arch with vagus left subclavian artery in 2 cases, pulmonary artery sling and left aortic arch with vagus right subclavian artery in 1 case. In addition to 4 cases the remaining 38 patients were still combined with other cardiovascular malformations. Thirty-six cases of children underwent spiral CT airway remodeling, 23 children underwent fiber- bronchoscopy. In addition to 2 cases of airway abnormalities not seen, the rest of the children were present in varying degrees in different parts of tracheal stenosis or tracheomalacia. All patients underwent surgical correction of congenital vascular ring, concomitant heart deformity correction surgery according to the situation (7 cases of atrial septal defect repair, 3 of ventricular septal defect repair, 1 of mitral valvuloplasty, 1 of bi-Glenn, 1 of coarctation of the aorta correction with ventricular septal defect repair, 1 of trilogy of Fallot correction). One case suffered resection of tracheal stenosis and Slide tracheoplasty simultaneously, another case was implanted tracheal stenting postoperatively after pulmonary artery sling correction.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Three patients died in hospital (7.1%), the cause of death were recurrent granuloma formation postoperatively. Remaining 39 patients were successfully discharged. The median time of overall survival of children with mechanical ventilation was 14 h (22 h) (M (Q(R))), median ICU residence time was 5 d (8 d), and the median in-hospital time was 19 d (9 d). Tracheal intubation time and postoperative ICU duration time in children with pulmonary artery sling children were much more than in children with double aortic arch (23 h (123 h) vs. 9 h(9 h), 7 d (13 d) vs. 4 d (2 d)), but the difference were not statistically significant. There was significant difference in the duration of hospitalization between the patient with the pulmonary artery sling and double aortic arch (23 d (9 d) vs. 16 d(6 d)) (χ(2) = 10.157, P = 0.006).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>The recent results of surgical treatment of congenital vascular ring is safe and effective. The extent and scope of tracheal stenosis and tracheomalacia is a critical influence prognosis.</p>
Subject(s)
Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Male , Aorta , Congenital Abnormalities , Aorta, Thoracic , Congenital Abnormalities , Heart Defects, Congenital , General Surgery , Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular , General Surgery , Heart Ventricles , Congenital Abnormalities , Prognosis , Pulmonary Artery , Congenital Abnormalities , Retrospective Studies , Tomography, Spiral Computed , Trachea , General Surgery , Tracheal Stenosis , General Surgery , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
Objective Experience with high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) after congenital cardiac surgery is limited.The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect and safety of high frequency oscillation ventilation for patients with serious pulmonary hemorrhaege after surgical repair of congenital heart disease (CHD).Methods The patients with serious pulmonary hemorrhaege after surgical repair of CHD using conventional mechanical ventilation or high frequency oscillation ventilation were retrospectively analyzed.From January 2010 to July 2012,there were fourteen patients suffered from serious pulmonary hemorrhaege after surgical repair of congenital heart disease in our hospital and all involved in this study.The mean age was (6.5 ± 5.9) months(ranged from 1 to 24 months) and the mean body weight was (5.8 ± 1.7) kg(ranged from 3.7 to 10 kg).Before May 2011 patients with serious pulmonary hemorrhaege after surgical repair of congenital heart disease were treated with conventional mechanical ventilation(CMV group,n =6),and after May 2011 high frequency oscillation ventilation (HFOV group,n =8) instead.The diagnoses were pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect and major aortopulmonary collateral arteries 7 cases,tetralogy of Fallot with imbalance pulmonary arterial development 5 cases,and total anomalous pulmonary venous connection 2 cases.Heart rate,arterial blood pressure,central venous pressure(CVP),inostmpic score,the blood gas analysis,the oxygenation index(OI),the outcomes and complications during both mechanical ventilations were all recorded.Results The PaO2,OI and systolic blood pressure of patients in HFOV group were significant higher than those in CMV group after 2 hours ventilation.There was no statistical difference in PCO2,diastolic blood pressure and inostropic score after 1,2,4,8,24 hours ventilation.All cases had no significant changes in hemodynamics.CVP of patients in HFOV group increased slightly(P ＜0.05),but there was no statistical difference in arterial blood pressure.Four patients died in CMV group.The mortality of CMV group and HFOV group was 66.7％ (4/6) and 37.5％ (3/8,one with pulmonary venous obstrution,one with tracheobronchial blocked,the other with re-hemorrhaege) respectively.The mortality of HFOV group was no significantly different from that of CMV group.Conclusion Compared to CMV,using HFOV achieved greater oxygenation function in patients with serious pulmonary hemorrhaege after surgical repair of CHD rapidly,had no significant changes in hemodynamics and rare serious complications.HFOV was effective and safe for patients with serious pulmonary hemorrhaege after surgical repair of congenital heart disease.
ABSTRACT
Objective To evaluated the early and mid-term results of arterial switch operation (ASO) for patients with intramural coronary artery.Methods From September 2008 to March 2012,75 patients underwent ASO at Guangzhou Women and Children Medical Center for repair of transposition of the great arteries and Taussig-Bing anomaly.Among these patients,7patients (9.3％) had an intramural coronary artery.Mean age at operation was 2.4 months (2 days to 1 year) and mean body weight was(4.3 ±2.2) kg.The TGA and VSD in 3 cases,TGA/IVS in 2,and Taussig-Bing anomaly in 2.Among them 3 patients had an aortic arch anomaly,interruption of the aortic arch in 1 and coarctation of the aorta in 1.The individual coronary button technique was used in coronary transfer in 7 patients,of whom one patient required to unroof the intramural segment,an-other one required to unroof the intramural segment and enlarge with autologous pericardium the because of myocardial ischemia.There was 1 operative death because of low cardiac output syndrome.This patient underwent a coronary transfer combining aortic arch repair but without unroofing the stenotic intramural segment.The mortality was 14.2％.In the same period the mortality for 68 patients without an intramural coronary artery was 4.4％ (3/68).There was no statistical difference in mortalitv between the patients with and without an intramural coronary artery (P ＞ 0.05).Results 6 patients follow-up 4 to 47months.There was no late death.No intramural coronary artery obstruction was identified by cardiac computerize temography.All patients had normal ventricular function and were in NYHA class Ⅰ during follow-up.The intramural coronary artery is well known as a risk factor of ASO.Conclusion The technique of coronary transfer should be individually adapted to each anatomical situation.Individual technique for coronary transfer has excellent results.
ABSTRACT
Objective Even after successful surgical repair,patients with coarctation of the aorta (CoA) are at high risk of long-term morbidity and mortality due to cardiovascular events,which is probably related to persistent arterial disfunction during long-terr follow-up after operation,The aim of the study was to explore the alterations of vascular structure and function in children with successfully repaired CoA in the short-and mid-term follow-up.Methods A cohort of 20 children who underwent CoA repair between January 2010 and October 2010 in Guangzhou women and children's Medical Center was studied.There were 14 males and 6 females in CoA group,which comprised 6 patients with isolated CoA,14 patients with CoA associated with intracardia anomalies,whose median age of operation was 4 months (rang from lmonth to 10.0 years).And 20 patients with isolated ventricular septal defect (VSD) were included as VSD group during the same time,with 12 males and 8 females,whose median age of operation was 5 months (rang from 1 month to 12.0 years).Resting blood pressure,flow-mediated dilation (FMD) of the brachial artery,carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) were compared in CoA group and VSD group,including preoperative media data and follow-up of 1 month,6 months and 1 year.In addition,as comparison to the operation group,20 health children with normal echocardiographic findings,whose median age was 5 months (rang from 3 month to 10.0 years),were selected as health group for the 1-year following up.None of them had obesity,hyperlipidemia,diabetes mellitus,metabolic diseases or systemic inflammatory disease.Results As a result of the datas before operation and those I month,6 months and 1 year after operation,all children were normotensive at rest.In the same period,Carotid IMT in CoA group[(0.47 ± 0.10)mm,(0.49 ±0.10) mm,(0.57 ±0.07)mm,(0.61 ± 0.07) mm]was significantly thicker than that in VSD group[(0.41 ±0.11) mm,(0.43 ±0.11)mm,(0.51 ±0.08) mm,(0.55 ±0.08) mm](P＜0.05) and health group[(0.40 ±0.09) mm,(0.42 ±0.11)mm,(0.50 ±0.08) mm,(0.57 ±0.08) mm](P ＜0.05),Brachial artery FMI in children with CoA[(5.4,6 ±1.51)％,(5.71 ±1.88)％,(5.42±1.69)％,(5.27±1.02)％]was significantly lower than that in the VSD control group[(6.69±1.45) ％,(6.66±1.21)％,(6.81 ±1.03)％,(6.43±1.34)％](P＜0.05) and health group[(6.59 ±1.84)％,(6.84±1.41)％,(6.91 ±1.31)％,(6.56±1.62)％](P＜0.05).Significant difference could not be found in neither the IMT nor the FMI between the VSI control group and health group in 4 period respectively,P ＞ 0.05.Conclusion Children after successful coarctation repair have abnomal structural and functional properties of the aorta above the place of coarctation even their blood pressure at rest is normal.These results confirm that the alterations in mechanical properties of carotid arteries as well as the generalized endothelial dysfunction in children with coarctation of the aorta are persistent,which can not be prevented or reversed by surgical repair,and which may partly explain the high incidence of cardiovascular disease observed in their adulthood and reduced life expectancy,furtherly supporting the claim that coartation of the aorta is a systemic vascular disorder which needs long-term follow-up of vascular function.