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Surgical outcome following treatment of isolated subaortic obstruction

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Surgical and nonsurgical patients with isolated subaortic stenosis (SAS) were compared to determine the important factors contributing to the timing of surgical intervention. This study reviews 49 consecutive patients (27 surgical and 22 nonsurgical) aged 1.8 to 15.9 years with isolated SAS. The preoperative peak left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) gradient in surgical patients was significantly higher than the gradient in nonsurgical patients (59.0±30.4 vs 22.77± 13.9 mm Hg, P=.0001). The progression in LVOT gradient analyzed by echo Doppler was significantly higher in the surgical group compared with the nonsurgical group (10.48±9.7 vs 1.56±6.5 mm Hg/y, P=.007). Repeat surgical intervention was required in 22% of patients in the surgical group for recurrence of SAS, and 4% needed a third surgery. The progression in the severity of aortic regurgitation (AR) was not significantly different in the surgical and nonsurgical groups. There was a significant association between the development of AR and patients undergoing surgery (P=.045). AR may not be a reliable indication for early operative intervention in isolated SAS as there was no significant difference in its progression with surgical and nonsurgical patients. Asymptomatic patients with isolated SAS may warrant surgical intervention on the basis of progression of LVOT gradient, rather than the development or progression of AR.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    R. Michael Giuffre MD, MBA, FRCPC, FACC, Lindsay M. Ryerson MD, Otto G. Vanderkooi MD, FRCPC & Alexander K. C. Leung MBBS, FRCPC, FRCP (UK & Ireland), FRCPCH

  2. Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

    Ruth L. Collins-Nakai MD, MBA, FRCPC, FACC

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Giuffre, R.M., Ryerson, L.M., Vanderkooi, O.G. et al. Surgical outcome following treatment of isolated subaortic obstruction. Adv Therapy 21, 322–328 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02850036

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