Surgical strategies and outcomes of congenital supravalvular aortic stenosis.
Hongli LiuBotao GaoQi SunXinwei DuYanjun PanZhongqun ZhuXiaomin HeJinghao ZhengPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2017)
Surgical repair of SVAS can be safely achieved using different techniques, with similar midterm mortality and reintervention rates. Higher preoperative gradient is associated with worse clinical results. Issues regarding surgical timing and concomitant pulmonary artery stenosis need to be further addressed.
Keyphrases
- aortic stenosis
- pulmonary artery
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- ejection fraction
- aortic valve replacement
- coronary artery
- aortic valve
- pulmonary hypertension
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- left ventricular
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- coronary artery disease
- type diabetes
- cardiovascular events
- heart failure
- metabolic syndrome
- risk factors
- cardiovascular disease
- weight loss
- atrial fibrillation
- glycemic control