• Halil Beqaj, Nimrod Goldshtrom, Alexandra Linder, Edward Buratto, Matan Setton, Michael DiLorenzo, Andrew Goldstone, Oliver Barry, Amee Shah, Ganga Krishnamurthy, Emile Bacha, and David Kalfa.
• Section of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, New York, NY.
• J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2024 Apr 1; 167 (4): 140414131404-1413.

ObjectiveUse of a valved Sano during the Norwood procedure has been reported previously, but its impact on clinical outcomes needs to be further elucidated. We assessed the impact of the valved Sano compared with the nonvalved Sano after the Norwood procedure in patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome.MethodsWe retrospectively reviewed 25 consecutive neonates with hypoplastic left heart syndrome who underwent a Norwood procedure with a valved Sano conduit using a femoral venous homograft and 25 consecutive neonates with hypoplastic left heart syndrome who underwent a Norwood procedure with a nonvalved Sano conduit between 2013 and 2022. Primary outcomes were end-organ function postoperatively and ventricular function over time. Secondary outcomes were cardiac events, all-cause mortality, and Sano and pulmonary artery reinterventions at discharge, interstage, and pre-Glenn time points.ResultsPostoperatively, the valved Sano group had significantly lower peak and postoperative day 1 lactate levels (P = .033 and P = .025, respectively), shorter time to diuresis (P = .043), and shorter time to enteral feeds (P = .038). The valved Sano group had significantly fewer pulmonary artery reinterventions until the Glenn operation (n = 1 vs 8; P = .044). The valved Sano group showed significant improvement in ventricular function from the immediate postoperative period to discharge (P < .001). From preoperative to pre-Glenn time points, analysis of ventricular function showed sustained ventricular function within the valved Sano group, but a significant reduction of ventricular function in the nonvalved Sano group (P = .003). Pre-Glenn echocardiograms showed competent conduit valves in two-thirds of the valved Sano group (n = 16; 67%).ConclusionsThe valved Sano is associated with improved multi-organ recovery postoperatively, better ventricular function recovery, and fewer pulmonary artery reinterventions until the Glenn procedure.Copyright © 2023 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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