Mark A Fogel1, Christine Li2, Okan U Elci2, Tom Pawlowski2, Peter J Schwab2, Felice Wilson2, Susan C Nicolson2, Lisa M Montenegro2, Laura Diaz2, Thomas L Spray2, J William Gaynor2, Stephanie Fuller2, Christopher Mascio2, Marc S Keller2, Matthew A Harris2, Kevin K Whitehead2, Jim Bethel2, Arastoo Vossough2, Daniel J Licht2. 1. From Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics (M.A.F., C.L., T.P., F.W., M.A.H., K.K.W.), Department of Radiology (M.A.F., M.S.K., M.A.H., K.K.W., A.V.), Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (S.C.N., L.M.M., L.D.), Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery (T.L.S., J.W.G., S.F., C.M.), and Department of Neurology (P.J.S., D.J.L.), The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Westat, Rockville, MD (O.U.E., J.B.). fogel@email.chop.edu. 2. From Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics (M.A.F., C.L., T.P., F.W., M.A.H., K.K.W.), Department of Radiology (M.A.F., M.S.K., M.A.H., K.K.W., A.V.), Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (S.C.N., L.M.M., L.D.), Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery (T.L.S., J.W.G., S.F., C.M.), and Department of Neurology (P.J.S., D.J.L.), The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Westat, Rockville, MD (O.U.E., J.B.).
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Patients with a single ventricle experience a high rate of brain injury and adverse neurodevelopmental outcome; however, the incidence of brain abnormalities throughout surgical reconstruction and their relationship with cerebral blood flow, oxygen delivery, and carbon dioxide reactivity remain unknown. METHODS: Patients with a single ventricle were studied with magnetic resonance imaging scans immediately prior to bidirectional Glenn (pre-BDG), before Fontan (BDG), and then 3 to 9 months after Fontan reconstruction. RESULTS: One hundred sixty-eight consecutive subjects recruited into the project underwent 235 scans: 63 pre-BDG (mean age, 4.8±1.7 months), 118 BDG (2.9±1.4 years), and 54 after Fontan (2.4±1.0 years). Nonacute ischemic white matter changes on T2-weighted imaging, focal tissue loss, and ventriculomegaly were all more commonly detected in BDG and Fontan compared with pre-BDG patients (P<0.05). BDG patients had significantly higher cerebral blood flow than did Fontan patients. The odds of discovering brain injury with adjustment for surgical stage as well as ≥2 coexisting lesions within a patient decreased (63%-75% and 44%, respectively) with increasing amount of cerebral blood flow (P<0.05). In general, there was no association of oxygen delivery (except for ventriculomegaly in the BDG group) or carbon dioxide reactivity with neurological injury. CONCLUSIONS: Significant brain abnormalities are commonly present in patients with a single ventricle, and detection of these lesions increases as children progress through staged surgical reconstruction, with multiple coexisting lesions more common earlier than later. In addition, this study demonstrated that BDG patients had greater cerebral blood flow than did Fontan patients and that an inverse association exists of various indexes of cerebral blood flow with these brain lesions. However, CO2 reactivity and oxygen delivery (with 1 exception) were not associated with brain lesion development. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT02135081.
BACKGROUND:Patients with a single ventricle experience a high rate of brain injury and adverse neurodevelopmental outcome; however, the incidence of brain abnormalities throughout surgical reconstruction and their relationship with cerebral blood flow, oxygen delivery, and carbon dioxide reactivity remain unknown. METHODS:Patients with a single ventricle were studied with magnetic resonance imaging scans immediately prior to bidirectional Glenn (pre-BDG), before Fontan (BDG), and then 3 to 9 months after Fontan reconstruction. RESULTS: One hundred sixty-eight consecutive subjects recruited into the project underwent 235 scans: 63 pre-BDG (mean age, 4.8±1.7 months), 118 BDG (2.9±1.4 years), and 54 after Fontan (2.4±1.0 years). Nonacute ischemic white matter changes on T2-weighted imaging, focal tissue loss, and ventriculomegaly were all more commonly detected in BDG and Fontan compared with pre-BDGpatients (P<0.05). BDGpatients had significantly higher cerebral blood flow than did Fontan patients. The odds of discovering brain injury with adjustment for surgical stage as well as ≥2 coexisting lesions within a patient decreased (63%-75% and 44%, respectively) with increasing amount of cerebral blood flow (P<0.05). In general, there was no association of oxygen delivery (except for ventriculomegaly in the BDG group) or carbon dioxide reactivity with neurological injury. CONCLUSIONS: Significant brain abnormalities are commonly present in patients with a single ventricle, and detection of these lesions increases as children progress through staged surgical reconstruction, with multiple coexisting lesions more common earlier than later. In addition, this study demonstrated that BDGpatients had greater cerebral blood flow than did Fontan patients and that an inverse association exists of various indexes of cerebral blood flow with these brain lesions. However, CO2 reactivity and oxygen delivery (with 1 exception) were not associated with brain lesion development. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT02135081.
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