[Joint Cardiovascular Surgeries of Two Hospitals in Shizuoka for Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Patients].

BACKGROUND: As for the medical management including surgery for the patients with adult congenital heart disease(ACHD), it may be difficult for most hospitals other than that have both adult/congenital cardiologists/cardiovascular surgeons. Between Shizuoka Prefectural General Hospital and Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Children's Hospital, medical stuff and information have been shared for these 4 years. And joint cardiovascular surgeries have started since 2015 autumn at Shizuoka Prefectural General Hospital. PURPOSE: The contents and the results of these joint operations were evaluated. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Thirteen joint operations were performed and median age at operation was 55 years old( male 3, female 10). The original diagnosis was tetralogy of Fallot/pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect 6, ventricular septal defect( VSD)±pulmonary stenosis 4, atrioventicular septal defect/two chamber right ventricle/Ebstein's anomaly 1 ( each). The procedures were pulmonary valve replacement/right ventricle out flow tract reconstruction 7, mitral valve plasty/tricuspid annuloplasty 4, Bentall 2, VSD closure 2 etc.(included multiple choices). RESULTS: There was no early mortality. One late mortality was occurred 17 months after the surgery due to acute myeloid leukemia. General conditions in other patients have been feasible and most of them were followed in Shizuoka Prefectural General Hospital. CONCLUSIONS: The results of the joint operations were feasible in the present study. Our joint project may become more important in the future.