Comprehensive Aristotle Score: Implications for the Norwood Procedure

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1794-1800

  Sinzobahamvya, Nicodème ^a   Photiadis, Joachim ^a   Kumpikaite, Daiva ^a   Fink, Christoph ^a   Blaschczok, Hedwig C ^a   Brecher, Anne Marie ^a   Asfour, Boulos ^a  

^a German Pediatric Heart Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA ARCH ANOMALY; AORTA DISEASE; ARISTOTLE SCORE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATRESIA; CALCULATION; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NORWOOD PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SURGERY; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646835727     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.12.009     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Lacour-Gayet F., Clarke D., Jacobs J., et al., Aristotle Committee. The Aristotle score. a complexity-adjusted method to evaluate surgical results. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 25 (2004) 911-924
2. Lacour-Gayet F., Clarke D., Jacobs J., et al. The Aristotle score for congenital heart surgery. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu 7 (2004) 185-191
3. Miyamoto T., Sinzobahamvya N., Kumpikaite D., et al. Repair of truncus arteriosus and aortic arch interruption. outcome analysis. Ann Thorac Surg 79 (2005) 2077-2082
4. Jacobs J.P., Lacour-Gayet F.G., Jacobs M.L., et al. Initial application in the STS congenital database of complexity adjustment to evaluate surgical case mix and results. Ann Thorac Surg 79 (2005) 1635-1649
5. Tchervenkov C.I., Tahta S.A., Jutras L.C., and Béland M.J. Biventricular repair in neonates with hypoplastic left heart complex. Ann Thorac Surg 66 (1998) 1350-1357
6. Photiadis J., Urban A.E., Sinzobahamvya N., et al. Restrictive left atrial outflow adversely affects outcome after the modified Norwood procedure. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 27 (2005) 962-967
7. Asfour B., Fink C., Sinzobahamvya N., Wetter J., Urban A.E., and Photiadis J. Modified children's II operation on the beating heart allows growth potential. Ann Thorac Surg 80 (2005) e14-e16
8. Ashburn D.A., McCrindle B.W., Tchervenkov C.I., et al., members of the Congenital Heart Surgeons Society. Outcomes after the Norwood operation in neonates with critical aortic stenosis or aortic valve atresia. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 125 (2003) 1070-1082
9. Tweddell J.S., Hoffman G.M., Mussatto K.A., et al. Improved survival of patients undergoing palliation of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. lessons learned from 115 consecutive patients. Circulation 106 Suppl 1 (2002) 82-89
10. Checchia P.A., Larsen R., Sehra R., et al. Effect of a selection and postoperative care protocol on survival of infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Ann Thorac Surg 77 (2004) 477-483
11. Tworetzky W., McElhinney D.B., Reddy M., et al. Improved surgical outcome after fetal diagnosis of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Circulation 103 (2001) 1269-1273
12. Mahle W.T., Clancy R.R., McGaurn S.P., Goin J.E., and Clark B.J. Impact of prenatal diagnosis on survival and early neurologic morbidity in neonates with the hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Pediatrics 107 (2001) 1277-1282
13. Photiadis J., Hübler M., Sinzobahamvya N., et al. Does size matter? Larger Blalock-Taussig shunt in the modified Norwood operation correlates with better hemodynamics. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 28 (2005) 56-60
14. Ungerleider R.M., Shen I., Yeh T., et al. Routine mechanical ventricular assist following the Norwood procedure-improved neurologic outcome and excellent hospital survival. Ann Thorac Surg 77 (2004) 18-22
15. Pizarro C., and Murdison K.A. Off pump palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. surgical approach. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Ann 8 (2005) 66-71