Laura Mercer-Rosa1, Mark A Fogel2, Zhenglun Alan Wei3, Phillip M Trusty3, Michael Tree3, Elaine Tang3, Maria Restrepo3, Kevin K Whitehead2, Amy Cassedy4, Stephen M Paridon2, Ajit Yoganathan5, Bradley S Marino6. 1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: mercerrosal@chop.edu. 2. Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 3. Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. 4. Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. 5. Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia. 6. Department of Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Despite favorable short-term outcomes, Fontan palliation is associated with comorbidities and diminished quality of life (QOL) in the years after completion. We hypothesized that poor Fontan hemodynamics and ventricular function are associated with worse QOL. METHODS: This was a single-center study of Fontan survivors aged more than 12 years. Subjects completed a cardiac magnetic resonance scan and QOL questionnaire. Cardiac magnetic resonance-derived variables included Fontan geometry, and hemodynamics. Computational fluid dynamics simulations quantified power loss, pressure drop, and total cavopulmonary connection resistance across the Fontan. Quality of life was assessed by completion of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory. Longitudinal and cross-sectional comparisons were made between cardiac magnetic resonance and computational fluid dynamics parameters with patient-reported QOL. RESULTS: We studied 77 Fontan patients, median age 19.7 years (interquartile range, 17.1 to 23.6), median time from Fontan completion 16 years (interquartile range, 13 to 20). Longitudinal data were available for 48 patients; median time between cardiac magnetic resonance and QOL was 8.1 years (interquartile range, 7 to 9.4). Median patient-reported Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory total score was 80 (interquartile range, 67.4 to 88). Greater power loss and smaller left pulmonary artery diameter at baseline were associated with worse QOL at follow-up. Greater pressure drop was associated with worse QOL at the same time point. CONCLUSIONS: For Fontan survivors, measures of computational fluid dynamics hemodynamics and geometry are associated with worse QOL. Interventional strategies targeted at optimizing the Fontan may improve QOL.
BACKGROUND: Despite favorable short-term outcomes, Fontan palliation is associated with comorbidities and diminished quality of life (QOL) in the years after completion. We hypothesized that poor Fontan hemodynamics and ventricular function are associated with worse QOL. METHODS: This was a single-center study of Fontan survivors aged more than 12 years. Subjects completed a cardiac magnetic resonance scan and QOL questionnaire. Cardiac magnetic resonance-derived variables included Fontan geometry, and hemodynamics. Computational fluid dynamics simulations quantified power loss, pressure drop, and total cavopulmonary connection resistance across the Fontan. Quality of life was assessed by completion of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory. Longitudinal and cross-sectional comparisons were made between cardiac magnetic resonance and computational fluid dynamics parameters with patient-reported QOL. RESULTS: We studied 77 Fontan patients, median age 19.7 years (interquartile range, 17.1 to 23.6), median time from Fontan completion 16 years (interquartile range, 13 to 20). Longitudinal data were available for 48 patients; median time between cardiac magnetic resonance and QOL was 8.1 years (interquartile range, 7 to 9.4). Median patient-reported Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory total score was 80 (interquartile range, 67.4 to 88). Greater power loss and smaller left pulmonary artery diameter at baseline were associated with worse QOL at follow-up. Greater pressure drop was associated with worse QOL at the same time point. CONCLUSIONS: For Fontan survivors, measures of computational fluid dynamics hemodynamics and geometry are associated with worse QOL. Interventional strategies targeted at optimizing the Fontan may improve QOL.
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