title: 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.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0298, USA. vschroeder1@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Valerie A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Schroeder
authors.forename: Jeffery M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pearl
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Beekman
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cripe
authors.forename: Phil
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Khoury
authors.forename: Peter B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Manning
authors.forename: David P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Nelson
mesh_terms: 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