Primary Aortic Root Replacement Outcomes and Risk Factors in Pediatric Patients

• Published in: The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 110; no. 1; pp. 189 - 197
• Main Authors: Binsalamah, Ziyad M., Ibarra, Christopher, Spigel, Zachary, Zea-Vera, Rodrigo, Zink, Jessica, Heinle, Jeffrey S., Caldarone, Christopher A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.07.2020
• Subjects: Age Factors; Aortic Valve Insufficiency - complications; Aortic Valve Insufficiency - mortality; Aortic Valve Insufficiency - surgery; Aortic Valve Stenosis - complications; Aortic Valve Stenosis - mortality; Aortic Valve Stenosis - surgery; Bioprosthesis; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Heart Valve Prosthesis; Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation - adverse effects; Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation - instrumentation; Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation - methods; Humans; Infant; Male; Postoperative Complications - epidemiology; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Survival Rate; Treatment Outcome

The study sought to identify the optimal aortic root replacement (ARR) strategy for pediatric patients, and a single-center experience was analyzed. Retrospective review of patients undergoing ARR from 1995 to 2018 was performed. Patients were stratified by surgical strategy (pulmonary autograft [Ro...