Timing of Cardiac Surgical Interventions and Postoperative Mortality in Children With Severe Congenital Heart Defects Across Europe: Data From the EUROlinkCAT Study

Autor: Mads Damkjær, Ester Garne, Maria Loane, Stine K. Urhoj, Elisa Ballardini, Clara Cavero‐Carbonell, Alessio Coi, Laura García‐Villodre, Joanne Given, Mika Gissler, Anna Heino, Sue Jordan, Elizabeth Limb, Amanda J Neville, Anna Pierini, Anke Rissmann, Joachim Tan, Ieuan Scanlon, Joan K Morris
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, Vol 12, Iss 24 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2047-9980
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.122.029871
Popis: Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate the timing of the first cardiac surgery, the number of cardiac surgeries performed, and 30‐day postoperative mortality rate for children with severe congenital heart defects (sCHDs) in their first 5 years of life. Methods and Results This was a population‐based data linkage cohort study linking information from 9 European congenital anomaly registries to vital statistics and hospital databases. Data were extracted for 5693 children with sCHDs born from 1995 to 2004. Subgroup analyses were performed for specific types of sCHD. Children with sCHDs underwent their first surgical intervention at a median age of 3.6 (95% CI, 2.6–4.5) weeks. The timing of the first surgery for most subtypes of sCHD was consistent across Europe. In the first 5 years of life, children with hypoplastic left heart underwent the most cardiac surgeries, with a median of 4.4 (95% CI, 3.1–5.6). The 30‐day postoperative mortality rate in children aged
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