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ArticleWorld journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery2021

Clinical Importance of Concomitant Cleft Lip/Palate in the Surgical Management of Patients With Congenital Heart Disease.

Omar Toubat, Demetrios N Mallios, Naikhoba C O Munabi, William P Magee, Vaughn A Starnes, S Ram Kumar

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Article in World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Prerepair Mortality in Cleft Lip and/or Palate: A Retrospective Analysis of Early Childhood Deaths.The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Omar ToubatDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, 12223University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Demetrios N MalliosDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, 12223University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Naikhoba C O MunabiDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, 12223Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
William P MageeDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, 12223Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Vaughn A StarnesDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, 12223University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
S Ram KumarDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, 12223University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1487-4203
University of Southern California · US

Funding

Role of delta-like ligand-4 signaling in cardiac outflow tract developmentK08HL121191 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI SUBRAMANYAN, RAM KUMAR · 2016 to 2020
$843k
Prox1 and COUP-TFII interactions regulate lymphatic endothelial cell differentiationF30HL154324 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI TOUBAT, OMAR · 2020 to 2022
$115k
NHLBI NIH HHS F30 HL154324NHLBI NIH HHS K08 HL121191
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCongenital heart disease (CHD) frequently occurs in conjunction with extracardiac developmental anomalies, including cleft malformations. The clinical impact of concomitant cleft disease on the surgical management of CHD has not been studied. We evaluated cardiac surgical outcomes in patients with concomitant CHD and cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P).

methodsPatients with CHD + CL/P managed at our institution between January 2004 and December 2018 were included. Demographic, operative, and follow-up data were retrospectively collected and analyzed using SAS 9.4. Chi-square tests were used for categorical variables and

resultsThere were 127 patients with CHD + CL/P; 63 (50%) were boys. Compared to the general CHD population, patients with CHD + CL/P demonstrated an enrichment of atrial septal defects (10.5% vs 34%), tetralogy of Fallot/double outlet right ventricle (6.4% vs 15.7%), arch defects (4.5% vs 10.2%), truncus arteriosus (1.2% vs 3.1%), and total anomalous pulmonary venous return (1.0% vs 2.4%). Of 63 patients who underwent CHD repair, 58 (92%) did so prior to CL/P repair at 21.5 (6-114) days of age. Compared to CHD lesion-matched patients undergoing cardiac surgical repair at our institution, patients with CL/P had a 2- to 3.7-fold longer intensive care stay, 1.8- to 2.6-fold longer hospital stay, and 6- to 13.5-fold increase in major morbidity, without a significant difference in mortality.

conclusionsCardiac outflow tract defects are particularly overrepresented in CL/P patients. The presence of CL/P increases the complexity of postoperative care after CHD surgery, without a significant impact on mortality.

Indexed as

Abnormalities, MultipleCardiac Surgical ProceduresCleft LipCleft PalateFemaleHeart Defects, CongenitalHumansInfant, NewbornMalePlastic Surgery ProceduresRetrospective StudiesTreatment Outcomecongenital heart diseasecongenital heart surgeryoutcomespostoperative care

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PMID33407037
PMCPMC8138941
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