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Modified Norwood operation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Authors:Davis C. Drinkwater Jr MD   Alon S. Aharon MD   Susannah V. Quisling BS   Debra Dodd MD   V.Seenu Reddy MD   Ann Kavanaugh-McHugh MD   Thomas Doyle MD   Neal R. Patel MD   Frederick E. Barr MD   Jay K. Kambam MD   Thomas P. Graham MD  Paul A. Chang BS
Affiliation:

aDepartment of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

bDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

cDepartment of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

dDepartment of Anesthesia, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Abstract:Background. We examined early results in infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome undergoing the Norwood operation with perioperative use of inhaled nitric oxide and application of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

Methods. Medical records were reviewed retrospectively.

Results. Between April 1997 and March 2001, 50 infants underwent a modified Norwood operation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Mean age at operation was 7.5 ± 5.7 days, and mean weight was 3.1 ± 0.5 kg. Five infants had a delayed operation because of sepsis. The mean diameter of the ascending aorta by echocardiography was 3.6 ± 1.8 mm. Ductal cannulation was used to establish cardiopulmonary bypass in all patients. Mean circulatory arrest time was 39.4 ± 4.8 minutes. The size of the pulmonary-systemic shunt was 3.0 mm in 6 infants, 3.5 mm in 37, and 4.0 mm in 7. Infants with persistent hypoxia (partial pressure of oxygen < 30 mm Hg) received nitric oxide after they were weaned from cardiopulmonary bypass. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was initiated in 8 infants in the pediatric intensive care unit primarily for low cardiac output and in 8 in the operating room because of the inability to separate them from cardiopulmonary bypass. The 30-day mortality rate was 22% (11 of 50 patients), and the hospital mortality rate was 32% (16 of 50 patients). Mean follow-up was 17 months. Ten patients (20%) underwent stage-two repair, with one operative death. One survivor had a Fontan procedure, and 2 underwent heart transplantation, with one death.

Conclusions. Early application of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for hemodynamic instability and selective use of nitric oxide for persistent hypoxia in the immediate postoperative period may improve survival of patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Renal failure requiring hemofiltration during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (p < 0.05) and cardiopulmonary arrest in the pediatric intensive care unit (p < 0.05) were predictors of hospital mortality.

Keywords:Norwood   HLHS   Hypoplastic Left Heart

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