Postoperative Morbidity and Interstage Hemodynamics Following Stage I Palliation in Patients with Turner Syndrome and Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Overview

Journal Pediatr Cardiol

Specialties Cardiology & Vascular Diseases
Pediatrics

Date 2023 Dec 28

PMID 38153546

Authors

Sandra Kikano

Sarah Fuchs

Andres Contreras Vega

Ann Kavanaugh-McHugh

David Bichell

Stacy A S Killen

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Abstract

Background: Turner syndrome (TS) is associated with left-sided cardiac lesions, including hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). Mortality as high as 80-90% has been reported following stage I single-ventricle palliation (S1P) in patients with TS and HLHS (TS + HLHS). The specific factors that relate to poor outcomes are not well understood.

Methods: This is a single-center, retrospective cohort study that includes 197 patients with HLHS who underwent S1P between 2008 and 2022. The clinical outcomes and interstage hemodynamics of TS + HLHS patients (N = 11) were compared with HLHS without TS (TS-HLHS), (N = 186).

Results: Of the 11 TS + HLHS patients, 10 underwent S1P; 4 underwent Glenn and 1 had hemodynamics considered prohibitive for Glenn; only 1 survived to Fontan palliation. Post-S1P mortality was higher in TS + HLHS (60 v 25%, p = 0.017). Following S1P, TS + HLHS had higher rates of postoperative ECMO (70 v 28%, p = 0.006), surgical necrotizing enterocolitis (20 v 3%, p = 0.007), peritoneal drain placement (70 v 31%, p = 0.012), urinary tract infection (30 v 9%, p = 0.035), and ICU readmissions (median 5 v 1, p = 0.035). Interstage hemodynamics demonstrated higher right ventricular end diastolic, (11 v 8mmHg, p = 0.033), mean pulmonary artery (20 v 13mmHg) (p = 0.002), and left atrial pressures (9 v 6mmHg, p = 0.047) in TS + HLHS.

Conclusion: High mortality rates are described in TS + HLHS patients following S1P. In our cohort, despite most surviving more than 30 days post-S1P, long-term survival remained poor. Interstage catheterization data suggest poor physiologic candidacy for subsequent stages of single-ventricle palliation. Understanding the clinical and hemodynamic factors related to poor outcomes in TS + HLHS will help inform management for this population.

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