Predictors of Operability in Children with Severe Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Associated With Congenital Heart Disease

This was a retrospective cohort study of 59 consecutive children (aged 2–18 years) with a diagnosis of severe PAH-CHD secondary to a simple shunt defect, who underwent surgical repair for CHD, with or without postoperative drugs, between May 2011 and June 2015 at the Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute in China (Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong). The data were collected retrospectively from medical charts, and the last data were collected on July 31, 2017.本研究为一项回顾性队列研究，纳入2011年5月至2015年6月期间，于中国广东省广州市广东省医学科学院广东省人民医院广东省心血管病研究所就诊的59例连续入组儿童（年龄2~18岁）。所有患儿均确诊为继发于单纯分流缺损的重症肺动脉高压（Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, PAH）合并先天性心脏病（Congenital Heart Disease, CHD，即PAH-CHD），并接受了先天性心脏病外科修复术，术后伴或不辅以药物治疗。本研究数据从患儿的临床病历中回顾性采集，末次数据采集时间为2017年7月31日。