Aortic insufficiency: Indications for surgery in children.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-1998
Abstract
The goals of surgery in children with chronic aortic insufficiency are to prevent irreversible left ventricular dysfunction and to provide for long-term survival. In the past, surgical options included placement of a mechanical valve, a porcine bioprosthesis, or an aortic valve homograft. Complications from these options include thromboembolism, prosthetic valve endocarditis, limited durability, and lack of growth potential. The increasing utilization of the Ross procedure to treat chronic aortic insufficiency has led to new interest in the question of when to operate on a regurgitant aortic valve. This review focuses on the pathophysiology of aortic insufficiency and the invasive and noninvasive preoperative indices that may indicate the optimal time for aortic valve surgery in the pediatric population. Copyright 1998 by W.B. Saunders Company
Volume
1
First Page
147
Last Page
156
ISSN
1092-9126
Published In/Presented At
Marino, B. S., Bridges, N. D., & Paridon, S. M. (1998). Aortic insufficiency: Indications for surgery in children. Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. Pediatric cardiac surgery annual, 1, 147–156. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1092-9126(98)70019-5
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Pediatrics
PubMedID
11486217
Department(s)
Department of Pediatrics
Document Type
Article