German Heart Centre Munich-45 years of surgery in adults with congenital heart defects: from primary corrections of septal defects and coarctation to complex reoperations.

Pabst von Ohain, Jelena; Tonino, Eleonora; Kaemmerer, Harald; Cleuziou, Julie; Ewert, Peter; Lange, Rüdiger; Hörer, Jürgen

doi:10.21037/cdt-20-831

2021

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Title:: German Heart Centre Munich-45 years of surgery in adults with congenital heart defects: from primary corrections of septal defects and coarctation to complex reoperations.
Document type:: Journal Article
Author(s):: Pabst von Ohain, Jelena; Tonino, Eleonora; Kaemmerer, Harald; Cleuziou, Julie; Ewert, Peter; Lange, Rüdiger; Hörer, Jürgen
Abstract:: Background: Our historical overview in the form of a cohort study aimed to describe the changes in the cardiac operations in adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD), over 45 years in the German Heart Centre in Munich. Methods: The study population comprised all consecutive patients aged 18 or more, who underwent surgery for congenital heart disease (CHD) at the German Heart Centre Munich, between 1974 and 2018. Operations were coded according to the Adult Congenital Heart Surgery (ACHS) score. Two-tailed chi-square test was used for testing on differences in the frequency of procedural groups between the decades. Results: During the examined 45-year period, 2,882 operations were performed on ACHD. The number of operations per year increased with a correlation coefficient r=0.533, P<0.001. Overall operative mortality was 3.2%. There was no significant difference in mortality over the decades. The percentage of primary CHD diagnosis being the indication for the operation was 99% in the 1970s and decreased significantly to 56% in the 2010s, P<0.001. There was a significant decrease in the relative frequency of atrial septal defect closures from 45% in the 1970s and 1980s to 9% in 2010s (P<0.001). Coarctation repair made up 15% of all operations in the 1970s, then dropped significantly to 1% in the 2010s (P<0.001). The percentage of reoperations increased significantly from 7% in the 1970s to 50% in 2010s (P<0.001). Conclusions: The spectrum of cardiac surgery in ACHD changed significantly over the last 45 years, from primary repair of septal defects and coarctation of the aorta in the 1970s to complex reoperations in the 2010s.
Journal title abbreviation:: Cardiovasc Diagn Ther
Year:: 2021
Journal volume:: 11
Journal issue:: 2
Pages contribution:: 492-502
Fulltext / DOI:: doi:10.21037/cdt-20-831
Pubmed ID:: http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33968628
Print-ISSN:: 2223-3652
TUM Institution:: Klinik für Herz- und Gefäßchirurgie (Prof. Lange); Klinik für Kinderkardiologie und angeborene Herzfehler (Prof. Hess)
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mediaTUM Gesamtbestand Einrichtungen Schools TUM School of Medicine and Health Departments Clinical Medicine Lehr- und Forschungskooperationen mit den Kliniken und Instituten am Deutschen Herzzentrum Klinik für Kinderkardiologie und angeborene Herzfehler (DHM) (Prof. Ewert)2021

mediaTUM Gesamtbestand Einrichtungen Schools TUM School of Medicine and Health Departments Clinical Medicine Lehr- und Forschungskooperationen mit den Kliniken und Instituten am Deutschen Herzzentrum Klinik für Chirurgie angeborener Herzfehler und Kinderherzchirurgie (DHM) (Prof. Hörer)2021

mediaTUM Gesamtbestand Einrichtungen Schools TUM School of Medicine and Health Departments Clinical Medicine Lehr- und Forschungskooperationen mit den Kliniken und Instituten am Deutschen Herzzentrum Klinik für Herz- und Gefäßchirurgie (DHM) (Prof. Krane)2021