From: Aortic valve replacement in pediatric patients: 30 years single center experience
Characteristic | Patients |
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Patient cohort | |
Number | 55 |
Male | 39 (70.9) |
Native aortic valve anatomy | |
Unicuspidal | 1 (1.8) |
Bicuspid | 19 (34.5) |
Tricuspid | 15 (27.3) |
Quadricuspid | 1 (1.8) |
Unknown | 19 (34.5) |
Underlying diagnosis | |
Isolated aortic valve lesion | 39 (70.9) |
Complex congenital heart disease | 13 (23.6) |
Diagnoses | |
Shunt (VSD, ASD, PFO, PDA) | 8 (14.5) |
Aortic isthmus stenosis | 9 (16.4) |
Hypoplastic aortic arch | 2 (3.6) |
Tetralogy of Fallot | 1 (1.8) |
Double outlet right ventricle | 2 (3.6) |
Dextro-transposition of the great arteries | 5 (9.1) |
Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries | 2 (3.6) |
Endocardial fibroelastosis | 7 (12.7) |
Operative | Valve implants |
Valve implants of cohort | |
Number | 60 |
Age (ywars) at time of surgery | |
Neonates | 2 (3.3) |
< 1 (including neonates) | 4 (6.7) |
1–5 | 8 (13.3) |
6–13 | 26 (43.3) |
14–18 | 22 (36.7) |
Aortic valve at replacement | |
Native | 45 (75) |
Tirone David | 2 (3.3) |
Mechanical Bentall AVR | 1 (1.7) |
Bioprosthetic AVR | 1 (1.7) |
Homograft AVR | 4 (6.7) |
Neoaortic valve (ASO, left-ventricle-neo-aortic-valve-tunnel) | 7 (11.6) |