Outcome of infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome who undergo atrial septostomy before heart transplantation

Am J Cardiol. 2000 Jan 1;85(1):124-7, A9. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00624-4.

Abstract

This study evaluated the procedural and long-term outcome of infants who underwent atrial septostomy while awaiting transplant. The results suggest that septostomy improved outcome in these patients although infants needing a transseptal perforation were at higher risk.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac Catheterization / adverse effects
  • Cardiac Catheterization / methods*
  • Cardiac Catheterization / mortality
  • Catheterization / adverse effects
  • Catheterization / methods*
  • Catheterization / mortality
  • Cause of Death
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Echocardiography
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heart Atria*
  • Heart Transplantation* / adverse effects
  • Heart Transplantation* / mortality
  • Hemodynamics
  • Humans
  • Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / complications
  • Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / mortality
  • Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / surgery*
  • Hypoxia / blood
  • Hypoxia / etiology
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Patient Selection
  • Preoperative Care / adverse effects
  • Preoperative Care / methods*
  • Preoperative Care / mortality
  • Proportional Hazards Models
  • Survival Analysis
  • Treatment Outcome