Article: Pericardial effusion after open heart surgery for congenital heart disease

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TitlePericardial effusion after open heart surgery for congenital heart disease
AuthorsCheung, EWY1
Ho, SA1
Tang, KKY1
Chau, AKT1
Chiu, CSW1
Cheung, YF1
Issue Date2003
PublisherB M J Publishing Group. The Journal's web site is located at http://heart.bmjjournals.com/
CitationHeart, 2003, v. 89 n. 7, p. 780-783 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heart.89.7.780
AbstractObjectives: To determine the prevalence and time course of pericardial effusion after open heart surgery for congenital heart diseases and to identify predisposing risk factors. Design and patients: Prospective assessment of development of pericardial effusion in 336 patients (163 males) undergoing open heart surgery for congenital heart disease by serial echocardiography on days 5, 7, 14, 21, and 28 postoperatively. Setting: Tertiary paediatric cardiac centre. Results: The prevalence of pericardial effusion was 23% (77 of 336). Of the 77 patients who developed effusion, 43 (56%) had moderate to large effusions and 18 (23%) were symptomatic. Patients who had a large amount of effusion were more likely to be symptomatic than those with only a small to moderate amount (47.4% v 15.5%, p = 0.01). The mean (SD) onset of pericardial effusion was 11 (7) days after surgery, with 97% (75 of 77) of cases being diagnosed on or before day 28 after surgery. The prevalence of effusion after Fontan-type procedures (60%, 6 of 10) was significantly higher than that after other types of cardiac surgery: repair of left to right shunts (22.1%, 43 of 125), repair of lesions with right ventricular outflow tract obstruction (22.6%, 19 of 84), arterial switch operation (6.7%, 1 of 15), and miscellaneous procedures (25%, 8 of 32) (p = 0.037). Univariate analyses showed that female patients (p = 0.009) and those receiving warfarin (p = 0.002) had increased risk of postoperative pericardial effusion. A greater pericardial drain output in the first four hours after surgery also tended to be significant (p = 0.056). Multivariate logistic regression similarly identified warfarin treatment (β = 1.73, p = 0.009) and female sex (β for male = -0.63, p = 0.037) as significant determinants. Conclusions: Pericardial effusion occurs commonly after open heart surgery for congenital heart disease. Serial echocardiographic monitoring up to 28 days postoperatively is indicated in selected high risk patients such as those with symptoms of postpericardiotomy syndrome and those given warfarin.
ISSN1355-6037
2011 Impact Factor: 4.223
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.348
DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heart.89.7.780
ISI Accession Number IDWOS:000183505500019
PubMed Central IDPMC1767733
ReferencesReferences in Scopus
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dc.contributor.authorCheung, EWY
dc.contributor.authorHo, SA
dc.contributor.authorTang, KKY
dc.contributor.authorChau, AKT
dc.contributor.authorChiu, CSW
dc.contributor.authorCheung, YF
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-08T02:30:50Z
dc.date.available2007-01-08T02:30:50Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractObjectives: To determine the prevalence and time course of pericardial effusion after open heart surgery for congenital heart diseases and to identify predisposing risk factors. Design and patients: Prospective assessment of development of pericardial effusion in 336 patients (163 males) undergoing open heart surgery for congenital heart disease by serial echocardiography on days 5, 7, 14, 21, and 28 postoperatively. Setting: Tertiary paediatric cardiac centre. Results: The prevalence of pericardial effusion was 23% (77 of 336). Of the 77 patients who developed effusion, 43 (56%) had moderate to large effusions and 18 (23%) were symptomatic. Patients who had a large amount of effusion were more likely to be symptomatic than those with only a small to moderate amount (47.4% v 15.5%, p = 0.01). The mean (SD) onset of pericardial effusion was 11 (7) days after surgery, with 97% (75 of 77) of cases being diagnosed on or before day 28 after surgery. The prevalence of effusion after Fontan-type procedures (60%, 6 of 10) was significantly higher than that after other types of cardiac surgery: repair of left to right shunts (22.1%, 43 of 125), repair of lesions with right ventricular outflow tract obstruction (22.6%, 19 of 84), arterial switch operation (6.7%, 1 of 15), and miscellaneous procedures (25%, 8 of 32) (p = 0.037). Univariate analyses showed that female patients (p = 0.009) and those receiving warfarin (p = 0.002) had increased risk of postoperative pericardial effusion. A greater pericardial drain output in the first four hours after surgery also tended to be significant (p = 0.056). Multivariate logistic regression similarly identified warfarin treatment (β = 1.73, p = 0.009) and female sex (β for male = -0.63, p = 0.037) as significant determinants. Conclusions: Pericardial effusion occurs commonly after open heart surgery for congenital heart disease. Serial echocardiographic monitoring up to 28 days postoperatively is indicated in selected high risk patients such as those with symptoms of postpericardiotomy syndrome and those given warfarin.
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dc.identifier.citationHeart, 2003, v. 89 n. 7, p. 780-783 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heart.89.7.780
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heart.89.7.780
dc.identifier.epage783
dc.identifier.hkuros76931
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000183505500019
dc.identifier.issn1355-6037
2011 Impact Factor: 4.223
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.348
dc.identifier.issue7
dc.identifier.openurl
dc.identifier.pmcidPMC1767733
dc.identifier.pmid12807856
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-0038207138
dc.identifier.spage780
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/42169
dc.identifier.volume89
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherB M J Publishing Group. The Journal's web site is located at http://heart.bmjjournals.com/
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofHeart
dc.relation.referencesReferences in Scopus
dc.rightsHeart. Copyright © B M J Publishing Group.
dc.rightsCreative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License
dc.subject.meshCardiac surgical procedures - adverse effects
dc.subject.meshHeart defects, congenital - surgery
dc.subject.meshPericardial effusion - epidemiology - etiology
dc.subject.meshChild, preschool
dc.subject.meshEchocardiography
dc.titlePericardial effusion after open heart surgery for congenital heart disease
dc.typeArticle
Author Affiliations
  1. The University of Hong Kong