Background: The outcomes of different repair strategies of an anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) in adolescent and adult patients are uncertain. The long-term outcomes of reimplantation and Takeuchi repair were compared in this study.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of data collected from patients receiving ALCAPA repair at our institute from January 2005 to December 2016. Short- and long-term outcomes of reimplantation and Takeuchi repair were compared.
Results: A total of 50 consecutive patients underwent ALCAPA repair, with an average age of 31.6 ± 15.6 years and 66% women. No significant differences were found in short-term outcomes between the 2 groups. However, at a median of 65.7 months' follow-up, the major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE) (including all-cause death, admission due to heart failure, new-onset acute myocardial infarction, and repeated revascularization) rate of the Takeuchi repair group was significantly lower than that of the reimplantation group (hazard ratio, 0.21; 95% confidence interval, 0.04 to 0.97). Furthermore, the preoperative glucose level was significantly associated with increased MACE rate (hazard ratio, 10.82; 95% confidence interval, 1.20 to 97.54). Left ventricular end-diastolic diameter and ejection fraction significantly improved in both groups. However, mitral valvuloplasty did not predict long-term recovery of left ventricular function.
Conclusions: Although short-term outcomes were satisfactory in both groups, a higher MACE rate was observed in reimplantation group than Takeuchi repair group; mitral valvuloplasty was not significantly associated with improved prognosis and left ventricular reverse remodeling. Elevation of preoperative blood glucose level was significantly associated with increasing long-term MACE rate.
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