• K Haneda, M Ohmi, T Togo, M Sadahiro, K Sato, and H Mohri.
• Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
• Kyobu Geka. 1994 Aug 1;47(9):709-12.

AbstractLate hemodynamics following corrective surgery for congenital heart diseases were evaluated in 65 patients. The patients were divided into 4 groups due to the operative procedures including closure of ventricular septal defect (VSD group = 15 patients), repair of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF group = 20), Mustard operation (Mustard group = 19) and Fontan operation (Fontan group = 11). The postoperative period was 3.8 +/- 3.8, 1.0 +/- 0.1, 5.7 +/- 4.3 and 3.2 +/- 4.9 years in VSD, TOF, Mustard and Fontan groups, respectively. Postoperative pulmonary to systemic arterial pressure ratio in VSD group significantly decreased to 0.38 +/- 0.13 from the preoperative value of 0.97 +/- 0.04. Pulmonary vascular resistance (Rp) in VSD group significantly decreased from 4.88 +/- 2.40 to 2.56 +/- 0.75 U.m2 and Rp in Fontan group significantly increased from 1.63 +/- 0.70 to 3.66 +/- 0.47 U.m2 postoperatively. Postoperative cardiac indices in VSD, TOF, Mustard and Fontan groups were 4.30 +/- 1.34, 4.28 +/- 0.72, 3.83 +/- 1.38 and 3.48 +/- 1.38 l/min/m2, respectively, without significant differences. Ejection fraction (EF) of the systemic ventricle (left ventricle) in VSD, TOF and Fontan groups were 0.66 +/- 0.06, 0.65 +/- 0.07 and 0.63 +/- 0.08, respectively. In Mustard group, EF of the systemic ventricle (right ventricle) was 0.56 +/- 0.12 and significantly less than left ventricular EF in the other 3 groups. The hemodynamic characteristics after these operative procedures should be considered for patient management.

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