Usefulness of the mitral valve Z score in predicting the need to close moderate- to large-sized atrial septal defects in infants with aortic coarctation.
Left ventricular anatomic substrates predisposing the development of congestive heart failure in infants with atrial left-to-right shunting after aortic coarctation repair were characterized. Mitral valve, but not aortic or left ventricular, hypoplasia correlated with the development of heart failure and the need for atrial defect closure shortly after coarctation repair.
Schroeder
Valerie A
VA
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0298, USA. vschroeder1@hotmail.com
Pearl
Jeffery M
JM
Beekman
Robert H
RH
Cripe
Linda
L
Khoury
Phil
P
Manning
Peter B
PB
Nelson
David P
DP
D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies