Abstract
The number of adolescents and young adults with congenital heart defects, including ventricular septal defect (VSD), increases continuously. We evaluated the mid-term outcome of small and unclosed perimembranous VSDs (pmVSDs). All patients with a known unrepaired pmVSD at 16 years of age were selected from our database. The clinical, electrocardiographic, and echocardiographic changes between baseline and the latest follow-up examination were compared. A total of 220 patients (119 males, median age 18 years, interquartile range 7) could be included. During a median follow-up of 6 years (interquartile range 4, range 38), 2 patients died (1%; 1 from sudden death and 1 from end-stage heart failure). Endocarditis occurred in 8 patients (4%). One patient required pacemaker implantation (0.5%) and one required implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation (1%). Fifteen patients (7%) required a closing procedure. In 8 patients (4%), the pmVSD closed spontaneously. In the remaining 203 patients (93%), the QRS morphology changed in 5% and 1% lost sinus rhythm (p = 0.0001 and p = 0.015, respectively). The left ventricular ejection fraction and stroke volume index increased from 62 + or - 7% to 67 + or - 8% and from 41 + or - 11 to ...Continue Reading
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