TY - JOUR
T1 - Endovascular stenting of obstructed right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery conduits
T2 - A 15-year experience
AU - Peng, Lynn F.
AU - McElhinney, Doff B.
AU - Nugent, Alan W.
AU - Powell, Andrew J.
AU - Marshall, Audrey C.
AU - Bacha, Emile A.
AU - Lock, James E.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2006/6
Y1 - 2006/6
N2 - BACKGROUND - The optimal treatment for dysfunctional right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery (RV-PA) conduits is unknown. Limited follow-up data on stenting of RV-PA conduits have been reported. METHODS AND RESULTS - Between 1990 and 2004, deployment of balloon-expandable bare stents was attempted in 242 obstructed RV-PA conduits in 221 patients (median age, 6.7 years). Acute hemodynamic changes after stenting included significantly decreased RV systolic pressure (89±18 to 65±20 mm Hg, P<0.001) and peak RV-PA gradient (59±19 to 27±14 mm Hg, P<0.001). There were no deaths, and, aside from 5 malpositioned stents requiring surgical removal, there were no serious procedural complications. During follow-up of 4.0±3.2 years, 9 patients died and 2 underwent heart transplantation, none related to catheterization or stent malfunction. During 155 follow-up catheterizations in 126 patients, the stent was redilated in 83 patients and additional stents were placed in 41. Stent fractures were diagnosed in 56 patients (43%) and associated with stent compression and substernal location but did not cause acute hemodynamic consequences. By Kaplan-Meier analysis, median freedom from conduit surgery after stenting was 2.7 years (3.9 years in patients >5 years), with younger age, homograft conduit, conduit diameter ≤10 mm, diagnosis other than tetralogy of Fallot, Genesis stent, higher prestent RV:aortic pressure ratio, and stent malposition associated with shorter freedom from surgery. Tricuspid regurgitation and RV function did not change between stent implantation and subsequent surgery. CONCLUSIONS - Conduit stenting is an effective interim treatment for RV-PA conduit obstruction and prolongs conduit lifespan in most patients. Stent fractures were common but not associated with significant complications or earlier conduit reoperation.
AB - BACKGROUND - The optimal treatment for dysfunctional right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery (RV-PA) conduits is unknown. Limited follow-up data on stenting of RV-PA conduits have been reported. METHODS AND RESULTS - Between 1990 and 2004, deployment of balloon-expandable bare stents was attempted in 242 obstructed RV-PA conduits in 221 patients (median age, 6.7 years). Acute hemodynamic changes after stenting included significantly decreased RV systolic pressure (89±18 to 65±20 mm Hg, P<0.001) and peak RV-PA gradient (59±19 to 27±14 mm Hg, P<0.001). There were no deaths, and, aside from 5 malpositioned stents requiring surgical removal, there were no serious procedural complications. During follow-up of 4.0±3.2 years, 9 patients died and 2 underwent heart transplantation, none related to catheterization or stent malfunction. During 155 follow-up catheterizations in 126 patients, the stent was redilated in 83 patients and additional stents were placed in 41. Stent fractures were diagnosed in 56 patients (43%) and associated with stent compression and substernal location but did not cause acute hemodynamic consequences. By Kaplan-Meier analysis, median freedom from conduit surgery after stenting was 2.7 years (3.9 years in patients >5 years), with younger age, homograft conduit, conduit diameter ≤10 mm, diagnosis other than tetralogy of Fallot, Genesis stent, higher prestent RV:aortic pressure ratio, and stent malposition associated with shorter freedom from surgery. Tricuspid regurgitation and RV function did not change between stent implantation and subsequent surgery. CONCLUSIONS - Conduit stenting is an effective interim treatment for RV-PA conduit obstruction and prolongs conduit lifespan in most patients. Stent fractures were common but not associated with significant complications or earlier conduit reoperation.
KW - Double-outlet right ventricle
KW - Pulmonary valve
KW - Tetralogy of Fallot
KW - Transposition of the great arteries
KW - Truncus arteriosis
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U2 - 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.607127
DO - 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.607127
M3 - Article
C2 - 16735676
AN - SCOPUS:33745168297
SN - 0009-7322
VL - 113
SP - 2598
EP - 2605
JO - Circulation
JF - Circulation
IS - 22
ER -