Commentary: There are no facts, only interpretations

[摘要] In the current issue of the Journal, Callahan and colleagues1 report their study of infants born with tricuspid atresia and normally related great arteries from the Congenital Heart Surgeons Society (CHSS) cohort. They focused on outcomes following cavopulmonary shunt (CPS) and examined factors associated with Fontan completion, death, or transplantation following CPS. They found that by 5 years after CPS, 5% of the patients died or underwent transplantation and 91% transitioned to Fontan. They determined that preoperative moderate or greater mitral regurgitation, concomitant mitral repair, a pulmonary artery band (PAB) at CPS, and postoperative superior vena cava interventions, including CPS takedown, were associated with death or transplantation.

[学科分类] 心脏病和心血管学