Aim: To determine endothelin-1 (ET-1) concentration before and after surgical coarctectomy and evaluate its association with left ventricular geometric change.
Methods: A prospective, cohort study of 24 patients aged 2 d to 10 years with coarctation of the aorta undergoing surgical repair. A sub-cohort of patients with age < 1 mo was classified as "neonates". Echocardiograms were performed just prior to surgery and in the immediate post-op period to assess left ventricle mass index and relative wall thickness (RWT). Plasma ET-1 levels were assessed at both time points. Association between ET-1 levels and ventricular remodeling was assessed.
Results: Patients < 1 year demonstrated higher pre-op ET-1 than post-op (2.8 pg/mL 1.9 pg/mL, = 0.02). Conversely, patients > 1 year had no change in ET-1 concentration before and after surgery (1.1 1.4, NS). Pre-op, patients < 1 year demonstrated significantly higher ET-1 than older children (2.8 1.1, = 0.001). Post-op there was no difference between the age groups (1.9 1.4, NS). Neither RWT nor left ventricle mass index (LVMI) varied from pre-op to post-op. The subset of neonates showed a strong positive correlation between pre-op ET-1 and RWT ( = 0.92, = 0.001). Patients with ET-1 > 2 pg/mL pre-op demonstrated higher LVMI (65.7 g/m 38.5 g/m, = 0.004) and a trend towards higher RWT (45% 39%, = 0.07) prior to repair than those with lower ET-1 concentration.
Conclusion: ET-1 concentration is significantly variable in the peri-operative period surrounding coarctectomy. Older children and infants have different responses to surgical repair suggesting different mechanisms of activation.
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