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Table 3 Clinical characteristics of Fontan patients with and those without the composite outcome

From: Adverse fibrosis remodeling and aortopulmonary collateral flow are associated with poor Fontan outcomes

 

Composite outcome N = 22

No composite outcome N = 33

P value

Demographics

 Gender (male)

11 (50%)

21 (64%)

0.315

 Median age (years)

10 (4–16)

14 (5–18)

0.35

 DLV

11 (50%)

24 (73%)

0.086

Surgical data

 Median age at BCPC (months)

5 (2–8)

6 (2–12)

0.26

 Median age at Fontan (months)

37 (29–61)

40 (18–56)

0.52

 Cumulative bypass time (min)

252 ± 129

213 ± 117

0.256

 Cumulative cross clamp time (min)

81 ± 59

48 ± 61

0.055

 Cumulative DHCA time (min)

10 ± 14

3 ± 10

0.063

Clinical information

 Height (cm)

136 (100–183)

154 (99–180)

0.54

 Weight (kg)

33 (15–62)

47 (21–146)

0.56

 Heart rate (bpm)

85 (61–145)

78 (57–105)

0.025

 Saturations (%)

94 (78–98)

95 (91–98)

0.87

 Systolic BP percentile

68 (13–100)

63 (3–100)

0.82

 Diastolic BP percentile

40 (11–100)

37 (8–99)

0.31

 Hematocrit

0.44 ± 0.04

0.45 ± 0.04

0.964

Cardiac catheterization

 Median interval cath to MRI (days)

0 (0–206)

0 (0–103)

0.617

 SVEDP (mmHg)

7 ± 3

9 ± 3

0.232

 CVP (mmHg)

10 ± 1

11 ± 2

0.406

 MAP (mmHg)

5 ± 1

7 ± 4

0.256

Echocardiography

 Median interval CMR to echo (days)

52 (6–226)

124 (2–351)

0.57

 Moderate to severe AVVR

8 (36%)

8 (24%)

0.332

 Moderate to severe AR

0

4 (12%)

0.090

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing

 Median interval CMR to CPET (days)

27 (0–337)

145 (0–343)

0.97

 VO2 max (% predicted)

78.2 ± 9.7

75.9 ± 16.8

0.70

 Work-load (% predicted)

77.1 ± 17.2

85.1 ± 14.1

0.211

 Anaerobic threshold (% predicted)

77.2 ± 16.4

77.1 ± 16.4

0.104

  1. AR, aortic regurgitation; AVVR, atrioventricular valvar regurgitation; BCPC, Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Connection; BP, blood pressure; BSA, body surface area; Cath, cardiac catheterization; CPET, cardiopulmonary exercise testing; CVP, central venous pressure; DHCA, deep hypothermic circulatory arrest; DLV, Dominant left ventricle; DRV, Dominant right ventricle; MAP, mean atrial pressure; SVEDP, single ventricle end diastolic pressure; VO2 max, maximum rate of oxygen consumption