Risk factors of thrombotic complications in patients with single functional ventricle

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the parameters of the hemostasis system and the results of molecular genetic testing in patients with a single functional ventricle. The study included 102 patients. All the patients underwent a staged surgical hemodynamic correction of a single functional ventricle. The authors performed a retrospective analysis of patient records in order to identify the episodes of thrombosis. The incidence of thrombotic complications at different stages of hemodynamic correction in the examined patients with a single functional ventricle was 12.7%. The indicators of plasma link hemostasis in the observed patients have been characterized by a balance of hemostatic reactions in the group of children with thrombosis and without. The results of a molecular genetic study demonstrated that the carrier of the heterozygous genotype of 20210GA factor II gene in patients with a single functional ventricle increased the risk of thrombotic complications 16 times (15.4% in patients with thrombosis versus 1.1% in the group without thrombosis; odds ratio 16.0; 95% confidence interval 1.34–191.24; p=0.028). All patients with thrombosis in the history revealed a homozygous condition according to variant 10976GG factor VII gene (p=0.017). Conclusion: molecular genetic analysis of polymorphic variants of the hemostatic system in patients with a single functional ventricle is required to predict the risk, timely prevention and correction of thrombotic complications during the surgical treatment of congenital heart disease.