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J Am Coll Cardiol, 1998; 31:1120-1126
© 1998 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation
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Management and outcomes of right atrial isomerism: a 26-year experience

A Hashmi, R Abu-Sulaiman, BW McCrindle, JF Smallhorn, WG Williams, and RM Freedom

Division of Cardiology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

OBJECTIVES: We sought to determine, in a large series of patients with right atrial isomerism, factors associated with mortality. BACKGROUND: Right atrial isomerism is associated with complex congenital heart disease and high morbidity and mortality. METHOD: All data from patients diagnosed with right atrial isomerism between January 1970 and March 1996 were reviewed. RESULTS: A total of 91 consecutive patients (54 male) were identified. Most patients (89%) presented within the first month of life, 62% at birth. Cardiac abnormalities included common atrioventricular (AV) valve (81%), ventricular hypoplasia or single ventricle (73%), abnormal ventriculoarterial connections (96%), pulmonary outflow tract obstruction (84%), anomalous pulmonary venous drainage (87%) and pulmonary vein obstruction (30%). The overall mortality rate was 69%. No interventions were planned or performed in 24%, 95% of whom died. The mortality rate for patients requiring their first cardiovascular operation in the neonatal period was 75% versus 51% for those with later first operations (p < 0.05). The surgical mortality rate for patients undergoing pulmonary vein repair was 95%. Overall survival estimates were 71% at 1 month, 49% at 1 year and 35% at 5 years. Independent risk factors for decreased time to death included the absence of pulmonary outflow obstruction (relative risk [RR] 2.23, p < 0.03), presence of major AV valve anomaly (RR 5.23, p < 0.03) and obstructed pulmonary veins (RR 5.43, p < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: Right atrial isomerism continues to have an associated high mortality despite surgical innovations. Management of pulmonary vein obstruction remains a serious problem and is associated with high mortality.


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