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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Delayed onset of tricuspid valve flow in repaired tetralogy of Fallot: an additional mechanism of diastolic dysfunction and interventricular dyssynchrony

 

Overall

Group I

Group II

Pvalue

 

(n = 31)

(n = 15)

(n = 16)

 

Age (years)

12.32 ± 4.10

12.51 ± 3.68

12.15 ± 4.56

NS

Age at operation (years)

1.80 ± 1.66

1.92 ± 2.10

1.70 ± 1.28

NS

Time from operation (years)

9.94 ± 4.30

9.24 ± 4.65

10.59 ± 3.99

NS

No patch

5

2

3

-

RVOT patch

9

3

6

-

Transannular patch

11

6

5

-

Outflow status not known

6

4

2

-

  1. RVOT, right ventricular outflow tract; NS, not significant