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Characteristics of the pulmonary circulation in infants with complete atrioventricular septal defect

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2020

Hirohito Doi ,
Jun Muneuchi Open the ORCID record for Jun Muneuchi [Opens in a new window] ,
Mamie Watanabe ,
Yuichiro Sugitani ,
Ryohei Matsuoka ,
Hiroki Ezaki  and
Yoshie Ochiai
Hirohito Doi
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Kyushu Hospital, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Kitakyushu, Japan
Jun Muneuchi*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Kyushu Hospital, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Kitakyushu, Japan
Mamie Watanabe
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Kyushu Hospital, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Kitakyushu, Japan
Yuichiro Sugitani
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Kyushu Hospital, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Kitakyushu, Japan
Ryohei Matsuoka
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Kyushu Hospital, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Kitakyushu, Japan
Hiroki Ezaki
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Kyushu Hospital, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Kitakyushu, Japan
Yoshie Ochiai
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyushu Hospital, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Kitakyushu, Japan
*
Author for correspondence: Jun Muneuchi, Department of Pediatrics, Kyushu Hospital, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, 1-8-1, Kishinoura, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka806-8501, Japan. Tel: +81-93-641-5111; Fax: +81-93-642-1868. E-mail: jmune@msn.com
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Abstract

Objective:

Infants with complete atrioventricular septal defect occasionally accompany pulmonary hypertension; however, the pulmonary circulation can be altered by pulmonary vascular conditions as well as the left heart lesions. This study aimed to explore whether the left heart lesions were related to the pulmonary circulation among them.

Methods:

We performed echocardiography and cardiac catheterisation in 42 infants with complete atrioventricular septal defect and studied relationships between the pulmonary haemodynamic parameters and the left heart morphology.

Results:

Age and weight at preoperative evaluation were 65 days (47-114) (the median following interquartile range) and 5.5 kg (4.0-7.1), respectively. There were 27 individuals with Down syndrome. Gestational age was 38 weeks (37-39). Catheterisation showed mean pulmonary arterial pressure: 36 (29-46) mmHg, the ratio of pulmonary to systemic blood flow: 3.45 (2.79-4.98), pulmonary vascular resistance: 2.20 Wood units·m2 (1.53-3.65), and pulmonary arterial compliance: 2.78 (1.86-4.10) ml/Hg/m2. Echocardiography showed the Rastelli classification type A in 28 and type C in 14, moderate or severe left atrioventricular valve regurgitation in 19 patients (45%), atrioventricular valve index of 0.67 (0.56-0.79), left ventricular end-diastolic volume z score of 4.46 (1.96-7.78), and aortic valve diameter z score of −0.70 (−1.91 to 0.20). Multivariable regression analysis revealed that preoperative pulmonary vascular resistance was significantly correlated to gestational age (p = 0.002), and that preoperative pulmonary arterial compliance was significantly correlated to gestational age (p = 0.009) and Down syndrome (p = 0.036).

Conclusions:

The pulmonary circulation does not depend upon the presence of left heart lesions but gestational age and Down syndrome in infants with complete atrioventricular septal defect.

Keywords

Complete atrioventricular septal defectpulmonary arterial hypertensionpulmonary vascular capacitancetrisomy 21
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Original Article
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , April 2021 , pp. 556 - 561
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