Complex coronary heart disease(CHD)has become a hot spot in medicine due to its complex coronary anatomy,variable clinical factors,difficult hemodynamic reconstruction,and limited effect of conservative drug treatment...Complex coronary heart disease(CHD)has become a hot spot in medicine due to its complex coronary anatomy,variable clinical factors,difficult hemodynamic reconstruction,and limited effect of conservative drug treatment.Identifying complex CHD and selecting optimal treatment methods have become more scientific as revascularization technology has improved,and coronary risk stratification scores have been introduced.SYNTAX and its derivative scores are decision-making tools that quantitatively describe the characteristics of coronary lesions in patients based on their complexity and severity.The SYNTAX and its derivative scores could assist clinicians in rationalizing the selection of hemodynamic reconstruction treatment strategies,and have demon-strated outstanding value in evaluating the prognosis of patients with complex CHD undergoing revascularization treatment.The authors in this article summary the practical application of SYNTAX and its derivative scores in complex CHD in order to deepen the understanding of the relationship between the choice of different revascularization strategies and SYNTAX and its derived scores in complex CHD and provide a further reference for clinical treatment of complex CHD.展开更多
Objective The influence of the coronary artery anatomy on the prognosis of patients receiving an arterial switch operation(ASO)is currently controversial,and the risk factors for this operation may change in more comp...Objective The influence of the coronary artery anatomy on the prognosis of patients receiving an arterial switch operation(ASO)is currently controversial,and the risk factors for this operation may change in more complicated patients.This study aimed to investigate the influence of coronary artery anomalies on the in-hospital and post-discharge outcomes of ASO in patients with transposition of the great arteries(TGA)and Taussig-Bing anomaly(TBA).Methods We retrospectively reviewed 206 patients who underwent ASO from January 2007 to December 2019.The median age at operation was 33[interquartile range(IQR):20–71]days.Median follow-up time was 7.2 years(IQR:4.0–10.3 years).Results Coronary anomalies were present in 86 patients(41.7%),with 9(4.4%)of them having a single coronary artery.Additional coronary features included intramural courses in 5(2.4%)patients,ostial stenosis in 1(0.5%)patient,and accessory coronary artery orifices in 5(2.4%)patients.There were 32(15.5%)in-hospital deaths and 8(4.6%)post-discharge deaths,yielding an overall survival of 81.3%,80.7%and 79.9%at 1,5 and 10 years,respectively.Mortality due to ASO has been drastically decreased since 2013.Patients with a single coronary artery had higher rate of in-hospital mortality,but this finding was not statistically significant.The earlier surgical era(OR:2.756)and a longer cardiopulmonary bypass time(OR:2.336)were significantly associated with in-hospital mortality,while coronary patterns were not.An intramural coronary artery(HR:10.034)and a patient age of older than 1 year at the time of ASO(HR:9.706)were independent predictors of post-discharge mortality.Conclusion ASO remains the procedure of choice for TGA with coronary anomalies with acceptable in-hospital and post-discharge outcomes in terms of overall survival and freedom of reoperation.However,intramural coronary artery is an independent risk factor for post-discharge mortality.Timely surgery within the 1st year of life helps improve overall midterm survival of ASO.展开更多
文摘Complex coronary heart disease(CHD)has become a hot spot in medicine due to its complex coronary anatomy,variable clinical factors,difficult hemodynamic reconstruction,and limited effect of conservative drug treatment.Identifying complex CHD and selecting optimal treatment methods have become more scientific as revascularization technology has improved,and coronary risk stratification scores have been introduced.SYNTAX and its derivative scores are decision-making tools that quantitatively describe the characteristics of coronary lesions in patients based on their complexity and severity.The SYNTAX and its derivative scores could assist clinicians in rationalizing the selection of hemodynamic reconstruction treatment strategies,and have demon-strated outstanding value in evaluating the prognosis of patients with complex CHD undergoing revascularization treatment.The authors in this article summary the practical application of SYNTAX and its derivative scores in complex CHD in order to deepen the understanding of the relationship between the choice of different revascularization strategies and SYNTAX and its derived scores in complex CHD and provide a further reference for clinical treatment of complex CHD.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81727805 and No.82001854)the Shenzhen Science and Technology(No.SGDX20190917094601717 and No.JCYJ20210324141216040).
文摘Objective The influence of the coronary artery anatomy on the prognosis of patients receiving an arterial switch operation(ASO)is currently controversial,and the risk factors for this operation may change in more complicated patients.This study aimed to investigate the influence of coronary artery anomalies on the in-hospital and post-discharge outcomes of ASO in patients with transposition of the great arteries(TGA)and Taussig-Bing anomaly(TBA).Methods We retrospectively reviewed 206 patients who underwent ASO from January 2007 to December 2019.The median age at operation was 33[interquartile range(IQR):20–71]days.Median follow-up time was 7.2 years(IQR:4.0–10.3 years).Results Coronary anomalies were present in 86 patients(41.7%),with 9(4.4%)of them having a single coronary artery.Additional coronary features included intramural courses in 5(2.4%)patients,ostial stenosis in 1(0.5%)patient,and accessory coronary artery orifices in 5(2.4%)patients.There were 32(15.5%)in-hospital deaths and 8(4.6%)post-discharge deaths,yielding an overall survival of 81.3%,80.7%and 79.9%at 1,5 and 10 years,respectively.Mortality due to ASO has been drastically decreased since 2013.Patients with a single coronary artery had higher rate of in-hospital mortality,but this finding was not statistically significant.The earlier surgical era(OR:2.756)and a longer cardiopulmonary bypass time(OR:2.336)were significantly associated with in-hospital mortality,while coronary patterns were not.An intramural coronary artery(HR:10.034)and a patient age of older than 1 year at the time of ASO(HR:9.706)were independent predictors of post-discharge mortality.Conclusion ASO remains the procedure of choice for TGA with coronary anomalies with acceptable in-hospital and post-discharge outcomes in terms of overall survival and freedom of reoperation.However,intramural coronary artery is an independent risk factor for post-discharge mortality.Timely surgery within the 1st year of life helps improve overall midterm survival of ASO.
