Adult Congenital Heart Disease Surgery

NCT00446160 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: IRB00002790
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 700
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

It is now estimated that the number of adults with congenital heart disease in the U.S is over 800,000. Unfortunately, these patients, in some way, have become a lost population. They have congenital abnormalities familiar to a children's hospital, yet have surpassed the age cutoff for admission. Recently, we have developed a specialized program to care for this unique patient population. Dedicated programs such as ours hope to optimize patient care, consolidate specialized resources, provide sufficient patient numbers for training and maintain expertise and facilitate research in this unique population.

Conditions

Congenital Disorders

Keywords

Congenital Heart Disease; Surgery; Adult

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• The primary interest of the study is to look at the breakdown of our adult congenital program in regards to location, personnel, and case type.

  Retrospective chart review

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 19 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

This is a retrospective chart review examining patients over the age of 18 years who have undergone operations for congenital heart disease. The primary interest of the study is to look at the breakdown of our adult congenital program in regards to location, personnel, and case type. All charts reviewed will be of patients who had their surgery at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta or Emory University between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2007. We will review approximately 350 charts for this study. Some of the patients have been cared for in the system for many years, first at Egleston and then at Emory. We are only interested in the congenital operations performed on patients after the age of 18 years old up until approximately 65 years of age. Initially these were done at Egleston, although more recently they are being done at Emory.

You may qualify if:

• surgery at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta or Emory University between 1.1.2000 and 12.31.2007
• surgery on patients after 18 years to approximately 65 years of age

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Emory University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities; Heart Defects, Congenital

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Cardiovascular Abnormalities; Cardiovascular Diseases; Heart Diseases; Congenital Abnormalities

Study Officials

• Subhadra E Shashidharan, MD

  Emory University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE ONLY
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 9, 2007
• First Posted: March 12, 2007
• Study Start: January 1, 2000
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2016
• Study Completion: July 1, 2016
• Last Updated: February 21, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-02

Locations

US (1)