Aortic valve replacement in children: Options and outcomes

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• 作者：Bahaaldin Alsoufi
• 关键词：Aortic valve replacement ; Ross procedure ; Rheumatic fever ; Congenital heart disease ; Mechanical valves
• 刊名：Journal of the Saudi Heart Association
• 出版年：January, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：26
• 期：1
• 页码：33-41
• 全文大小：508 K

文摘

Several disease pathologies such as congenital heart disease and rheumatic fever can affect the aortic valve (AV) in children frequently necessitating intervention. While percutaneous or surgical AV repair is recommended as initial management strategy in children with AV disease, AV replacement (AVR) might become necessary in children with significant valve destruction and after repair or intervention failure. AVR in children is associated with distinct clinical and technical problems owing to several anatomic, social and prosthesis-related issues.

In the current review, we list different AV substitutes, discuss their advantages and shortcomings, outline AVR results in children, and explore the divergence of outcomes in various age, anatomy and pathology subgroups; all in the aim to identify optimal AVR choice for each patient taking into consideration his unique anatomic and demographic characteristics.