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Archivos de cardiología de México
On-line version ISSN 1665-1731Print version ISSN 1405-9940
Abstract
MURALLES-CASTILLO, Fernando A.. Characteristics of pediatric patients operated of aortic coartation in the years 2009 to 2018 at the National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chávez. Arch. Cardiol. Méx. [online]. 2020, vol.90, n.4, pp.436-441. Epub Feb 10, 2021. ISSN 1665-1731. https://doi.org/10.24875/acm.19000361.
Objective:
To determine the radiographic, electrocardiographic, angiographic and surgical characteristics of the patients operated with aortic coarctation at the Ignacio Chavez National Institute of Cardiology between 2009 and 2018.
Methods:
The variables considered relevant for the study were collected from the electronic file, recorded in the previously designed Excel capture sheet. Various radiographic, electrocardiographic, angiographic and surgical variables were analyzed. Post-surgical clinical evolution, complications, requirements for interventional or surgical procedures were assessed, and the response to these as well as the different outcomes was assessed.
Results:
187 patient surgeries are reported from 2 days of age to 12 years, where the radiological, electrocardiographic characteristics and presentation age are mentioned. The total number of deaths in the 9 years was 17 cases, which were mostly (94%) before the first year of life. The most commonly used surgical technique (90%) was extended coartectomy with term-terminal anastomosis. The recorded postoperative complications were in descending order: ventricular failure, systemic arterial hypertension, renal failure that required peritoneal dialysis, etc.
Conclusions:
The registered population that required surgical intervention at the National Institute of Cardiology was mostly a minor infant with a median of 3 months in their surgery age. In view of the surgical technique used, the one that had better results and that did not show a significant association with the number of deaths was the extended coartectomy with end-to-end anastomosis.
Keywords : Coartaction of the aorta; Coartectomy; Infant; Catheterization; Ventricular failure; Arterial hypertension.