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Table 1 Patient demographics (n = 48)

From: Vicious circle between progressive right ventricular dilatation and pulmonary regurgitation in patients after tetralogy of Fallot repair? Right heart enlargement promotes flow reversal in the left pulmonary artery

Characteristics

Male, n (%)

22 (46 %)

Right aortic arch, n (%)

13 (27 %)

History of BT shunt, n (%)

10 (21 %)

Age at complete repair, median years (range)

0.95 (0.0–5.6)

Transannular patch repair, n (%)

35 (73 %)

CMR

 

Age at CMR, years

13.5 ± 2.9

Body surface area, m2

1.5 ± 0.3

RVEDVi, mL/m2

170 ± 52

RVESVi, mL/m2

92 ± 41

RVEF, %

48 ± 10

LVEDVi, mL/m2

84 ± 15

LVESVi, mL/m2

36 ± 9

LVEF, %

58 ± 9

Heart rate at CMR, bpm

77 ± 15

QRS duration in ECG, millisecond

137 ± 24

  1. BT shunt Blalock-Taussig shunt, CMR cardiac magnetic resonance, ECG electrocardiogram, LVEDVi BSA indexed left ventricular end-diastolic volume, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, LVESVi BSA indexed left ventricular end-systolic volume, RVEDVi BSA indexed right ventricular end-diastolic volume, RVEF right ventricular ejection fraction, RVESVi BSA indexed right ventricular end-systolic volume