Achieving Consensus : Severity-Graded Definitions of Fontan-Associated Complications to Characterize Fontan Circulatory Failure

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BACKGROUND: Fontan physiology leads to chronic changes in other organ systems that may affect long-term survival and the success of heart transplantation. Inadequate assessment and treatment of the extra-cardiac effects of Fontan may contribute to poor outcomes. Severity-graded/ordinal consensus definitions of Fontan complications are lacking, which limits understanding of how Fontan-specific morbidity affects patients' outcomes.

METHODS AND RESULTS: A panel of Fontan patient and physiology experts, including pediatric, adult congenital, heart failure, and critical-care cardiology as well as pediatric nephrology, hepatology and psychology, convened to develop definitions of Fontan complications. Definitions were created by using a severity-graded ordinal scale: grade 1, mild; grade 2, moderate; grade 3, severe; grade 4, disabling or life threatening. Following definition creation, a second panel of 21 experts in Fontan circulatory failure used a modified Delphi methodology to modify and vote on definitions until consensus (> 90% agreement without recommended further modification) was reached on final definitions. After 3 rounds of modifications and voting, consensus agreement was achieved on all Fontan-specific definitions. The defined complications and morbidities of Fontan include: anatomic Fontan pathway obstruction, cyanosis, systemic venous abnormalities resulting from venous insufficiency, atrial arrhythmia, ventricular arrhythmia, bradycardia, chronic pleural effusions, chronic ascites, protein-losing enteropathy, plastic bronchitis, hemoptysis and pulmonary hemorrhage, sleep apnea, Fontan-associated liver disease, portal and hepatic variceal disease, acute kidney injury affecting clinical treatment, polycythemia, thrombotic disease, recurrent or severe bacterial infection, skin atrophy, adrenal insufficiency, physical impact of previous stroke, mood/behavior disorder, and neurodevelopmental disorder.

CONCLUSION: Consensus and severity-graded definitions of Fontan-specific cardiac and extra-cardiac complications were achieved and are available for use in research. They will allow future robust analyses of Fontan patient outcomes.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Journal of cardiac failure - (2024) vom: 06. März

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Schumacher, Kurt R [VerfasserIn]
Cedars, Ari [VerfasserIn]
Allen, Kiona [VerfasserIn]
Goldberg, David [VerfasserIn]
Batazzi, Adrianna [VerfasserIn]
Reichle, Garrett [VerfasserIn]
DiPaola, Frank [VerfasserIn]
Selewski, David [VerfasserIn]
Cousino, Melissa [VerfasserIn]
Rosenthal, David N [VerfasserIn]
Fontan Circulatory Failure Study Investigators. [VerfasserIn]

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Adult congenital heart disease
Fontan
Heart failure
Journal Article
Pediatrics

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Date Revised 26.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1016/j.cardfail.2024.02.015

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NLM369427432