Journal article
Common atrioventricular valve failure during single ventricle palliation
Gregory King, Thomas L Gentles, David S Winlaw, Rachel Cordina, Andrew Bullock, Leeanne E Grigg, Nelson Alphonso, Dorothy J Radford, Diana Zannino, Edward Buratto, Yves d'Udekem
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY | OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC | Published : 2017
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezx025
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To determine the risk of atrioventricular valve failure (valve intervention or moderate or greater regurgitation) during the lifetime of patients with single ventricle physiology and common atrioventricular valve. METHODS: Patients' data were extracted from an existing bi-national, population based registry. A retrospective review of their medical records was undertaken to determine the incidence of atrioventricular valve repair/replacement or moderate or greater regurgitation. RESULTS: From a registry of 1468 Fontan survivors, 136 patients with common atrioventricular valve were identified. Complete echocardiographic follow-up was available for 114 patients. Median length of fol..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The Australia and New Zealand Fontan Registry is funded by grants from the NHMRC (APP1012241) Heart Kids and the ANZ Bank Trustees. Yves d'Udekem is a Career Development Fellow of the National Heart Foundation of Australia (CR 10M 5339). Yves d'Udekem is a National Health and Medical Research Council Clinician Practitioner Fellow (1082186). The Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program supported this research project.