Abstract
Determine outcomes of catheter intervention for aortic coarctation in infants. Aortic coarctation in infants following surgical repair and in high surgical risk native cases remains a challenging problem. Catheter intervention is an alternative to surgical intervention. Single-center, chart review of infants with biventricular anatomy who underwent coarctation stent placement or balloon angioplasty between 04/2004 and 04/2020. Outcomes of interest included change in aortic lumen diameter, peak gradient, number of re-interventions, time to re-intervention, and adverse events. Thirty-four patients were included in analysis, of those 16 underwent stent placement. Patients’ mean age was 4.0 ± 3.0 months and weight of 5.3 ± 1.9 kg. Follow-up interval was 5.4 ± 5.1 years (0.2–16.1 years). Twelve (35%) patients underwent procedure due to ventricular dysfunction; the rest were for high resting gradient. Coarctation diameter increased from 2.4 ± 1.0 to 4.5 ± 1.3 (p < 0.01) and gradient decreased from 32.0 ± 18.4 mmHg to 9.2 ± 8.8 mmHg (p < 0.01). Thirteen (81%) of the stented patients required at least one re-intervention, at an average of 1.7 ± 3.2 years from the index procedure. Five (28%) of those undergoing balloon angioplasty required repeat intervention. There was no mortality due to the procedure and one late mortality. One patient had a serious procedural adverse event. On follow-up, 12 (35%) were on anti-hypertensive medications. Catheter intervention, including stent placement, for aortic coarctation in infants is feasible with an acceptable adverse event profile. Repeat interventions are common.
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Kurtz, J.D., Rubio, A.E., Johnston, T.A. et al. Late Outcomes of Transcatheter Coarctation Intervention in Infants with Biventricular Anatomy. Pediatr Cardiol 43, 1438–1443 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-022-02865-5
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