TY - JOUR
T1 - Risk factors and early outcomes of repeat sternotomy in 1960 adults with congenital heart disease
T2 - A 30-year, single-center study
AU - Abdelrehim, Ahmed A.
AU - Dearani, Joseph
AU - Holst, Kimberly A.
AU - Miranda, William R.
AU - Connolly, Heidi M.
AU - Todd, Austin L.
AU - Burchill, Luke J.
AU - Schaff, Hartzell V.
AU - Pochettino, Alberto
AU - Stephens, Elizabeth H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Objective: Patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) increasingly live into adulthood, often requiring cardiac reoperation. We aimed to assess the outcomes of adults with CHD (ACHD) undergoing repeat sternotomy at our institution. Methods: Review of our institution's cardiac surgery database identified 1960 ACHD patients undergoing repeat median sternotomy from 1993 to 2023. The primary outcome was early mortality, and the secondary outcome was a composite end point of mortality and significant morbidity. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression models were used to determine factors independently associated with outcomes. Results: Of the 1960 ACHDs patient undergoing repeat sternotomy, 1183 (60.3%) underwent a second, third (n = 506, 25.8%), fourth (n = 168, 8.5%), fifth (n = 70, 3.5%), and sixth sternotomy or greater (n = 33, 1.6%). CHD diagnoses were minor complexity (n = 145, 7.4%), moderate complexity (n = 1380, 70.4%), and major complexity (n = 435, 22.1%). Distribution of procedures included valve (n = 549, 28%), congenital (n = 625, 32%), aortic (n = 104, 5.3%), and major procedural combinations (n = 682, 34.7%). Overall early mortality was 3.1%. Factors independently associated with early mortality were older age at surgery, CHD of major complexity, preoperative renal failure, preoperative ejection fraction, urgent operation, and postoperative blood transfusion. In addition, sternotomy number and bypass time were independently associated with the composite outcome. Conclusions: Despite the increase in early mortality with sternotomy number, sternotomy number was not independently associated with early mortality but with increased morbidity. Improvement strategies should target factors leading to urgent operations, early referral, along with operative efficiency including bypass time and blood conservation.
AB - Objective: Patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) increasingly live into adulthood, often requiring cardiac reoperation. We aimed to assess the outcomes of adults with CHD (ACHD) undergoing repeat sternotomy at our institution. Methods: Review of our institution's cardiac surgery database identified 1960 ACHD patients undergoing repeat median sternotomy from 1993 to 2023. The primary outcome was early mortality, and the secondary outcome was a composite end point of mortality and significant morbidity. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression models were used to determine factors independently associated with outcomes. Results: Of the 1960 ACHDs patient undergoing repeat sternotomy, 1183 (60.3%) underwent a second, third (n = 506, 25.8%), fourth (n = 168, 8.5%), fifth (n = 70, 3.5%), and sixth sternotomy or greater (n = 33, 1.6%). CHD diagnoses were minor complexity (n = 145, 7.4%), moderate complexity (n = 1380, 70.4%), and major complexity (n = 435, 22.1%). Distribution of procedures included valve (n = 549, 28%), congenital (n = 625, 32%), aortic (n = 104, 5.3%), and major procedural combinations (n = 682, 34.7%). Overall early mortality was 3.1%. Factors independently associated with early mortality were older age at surgery, CHD of major complexity, preoperative renal failure, preoperative ejection fraction, urgent operation, and postoperative blood transfusion. In addition, sternotomy number and bypass time were independently associated with the composite outcome. Conclusions: Despite the increase in early mortality with sternotomy number, sternotomy number was not independently associated with early mortality but with increased morbidity. Improvement strategies should target factors leading to urgent operations, early referral, along with operative efficiency including bypass time and blood conservation.
KW - adults with congenital heart disease
KW - cardiac reoperation
KW - congenital
KW - congenital heart disease
KW - heart defects
KW - repeat sternotomy
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.11.014
DO - 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.11.014
M3 - Article
C2 - 37981102
AN - SCOPUS:85181133877
SN - 0022-5223
JO - Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
JF - Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
ER -