Repair of double-chambered right ventricle: surgical results and long-term follow-up.
BACKGROUND
We reviewed the outcomes of double-chambered right ventricle repair.


METHODS
Between 1969 and 1998, 40 patients underwent surgical repair of a double-chamber right ventricle. The patients ranged in age from 3 months to 52 years (mean, 12.8 +/- 11.6 years). Right ventricular outflow tract pressure gradients were from 20 to 170 mm Hg (mean, 65.0 +/- 38.5 mm Hg) An associated ventricular septal defect was present in 27 patients (67.5%). Four patients were older than 30 years of age.


RESULTS
There were no hospital or late deaths. Mean postsurgical follow-up was 16.5 +/- 8.9 years (range, 2.5 to 31 years). No patient required further surgery to relieve obstruction of right ventricular outflow tract.


CONCLUSIONS
Surgical repair of a double-chambered right ventricle yields excellent hemodynamic and functional results over both the short and long term.
Hachiro
Y
Y
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Japan. hachiro@rf6.so-net.ne.jp
Takagi
N
N
Koyanagi
T
T
Morikawa
M
M
Abe
T
T
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors