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ArticleJournal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia2021

Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Gradient Is Associated With Coronary Artery Obstruction in Children With Williams-Beuren Syndrome.

Angela Yun June Tan, Daniel Quiat, Sunil J Ghelani, Koichi Yuki

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Article in Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Angela Yun June TanDepartment of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Cardiac Anesthesia Division, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Anesthesia, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore.
Daniel QuiatDepartment of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Sunil J GhelaniDepartment of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Koichi YukiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Cardiac Anesthesia Division, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA. Electronic address: koichi.yuki@childrens.harvard.edu.
Boston Children's Hospital · US

Funding

RESEARCH METHODS IN PEDIATRICS HEART DISEASET32HL007572 · NHLBI · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI Sarah D DE FERRANTI, Jane W. Newburger · 1985 to 2026
$13.0M
NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007572
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesPatients with Williams-Beuren syndrome are associated with a high risk of hemodynamic collapse during sedation and/or anesthesia, presumably due to occult coronary obstruction. The objective of this study was to determine the association between transthoracic echocardiogram findings and the presence of coronary obstruction to examine if coronary obstruction can be predicted by transthoracic echocardiogram before anesthesia.

designRetrospective data analysis of patients with Williams-Beuren syndrome who underwent transthoracic echocardiogram, cardiac catheterization, and/or surgical interventions to determine the correlation between echocardiogram findings and the presence of coronary obstruction determined by cardiac catheterization and/or surgery.

settingSingle-center university teaching hospital.

participantsThe study included 49 patients with Williams-Beuren syndrome who underwent transthoracic echocardiogram, cardiac catheterization, and/or surgical interventions. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN

resultsThe only variable associated with coronary artery obstruction was the maximum instantaneous gradient (MIG) across the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) on a transthoracic echocardiogram. LVOT MIG ≥ 75 mmHg as the optimal cutoff value was associated with coronary artery obstruction (area under the curve 0.659, odds ratio 6.71, 95% CI 1.31-34.35, p = 0.022).

conclusionLVOT gradient can serve as a good predictor of the presence of coronary obstruction in patients with Williams-Beuren syndrome.

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Ventricular Outflow ObstructionWilliams SyndromeCardiac CatheterizationChildCoronary VesselsHumansRetrospective Studiescoronary obstructiontransthoracic echocardiogramWilliams-Beuren syndrome

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PMID33478883
PMCPMC9327879
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