Surgical treatment of congenital aortic arch disease

Abstract

To report treatment outcomes in patients with congenital aortic arch disease. There were 65 patients (45 boys and 20 girls) for the period from 2005 to 2019. Mean age of patients was 53±12 days (range 1-98), weight - 3,3±1,3 kg (range 2.2-4.6). All patients were divided into 2 groups depending on the method of surgical repair. The 1st group included 33 patients who underwent patch repair, the 2nd group (n=32) - anastomosis in end-to-side fashion. In group I, recurrent aortic arch coarctation was observed in 16.8% of cases, in group II - only in 4% of cases (p=0.02). Analysis of systolic pressure in both groups revealed that arterial hypertension was detected in 39% of cases in group I and only in 9,1% of cases in group II (p=0,0025). Surgical treatment of aortic arch disease using anastomosis in end-to-side fashion is associated with reduced risk of recurrent aortic arch coarctation and residual arterial hypertension in long-term postoperative period.