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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics

From: Cardiac catheterization addressing early post-operative complications in congenital heart surgery—a single-center experience

 

Number = 27

Age (months)

15 (0.49–241)

Weight (kg)

8.2 (3.4–53)

Diagnosis, n (%)

 

 Single ventricle

12 (44.4)

 Conotruncal anomaly: TOF, DORV, PA-VSD, IAA

9 (33.3)

 Others: TAPVC, ALCAPA, Shone’s complex

6 (22.2)

Syndromes, n (%)

2 (7.4)

 Williams

1 (3.7)

 DiGeorge

1 (3.7)

Cardiac catheterization, n (%)

 

 Diagnostic

9 (33.3)

 Intervention

18 (66.7)

Time from surgery to catheterization, days

3 (0–32)

Redo surgery after catheterization, n (%)

7 (25.9)

 VSD fenestrations

3 (11.1)

 Fontan fenestration

1 (3.7)

 Baffle augmentation

2 (7.4)

 Arch repair

1 (3.7)

ECMO, n (%)

11 (40.7)

ECMO duration, days

5 (2–7)

Mechanical ventilation, n (%)

21 (77.8)

Total duration of mechanical ventilation, days

12 (2–89)

Inotropic support, n (%)

21 (77.8)

Vasoactive–inotropic score at the time of catheterization

25 (5–90)

PICU admission, n (%)

16 (59.2)

PICU stay, days

16 (1–99)

Hospital stay, days

20 (2–330)

  1. Abbreviations: kg kilograms, TOF tetralogy of Fallot, DORV double outlet right ventricle, PA-VSD pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect, IAA interrupted aortic arch, TAPVC total anomalous pulmonary venous connection, ALCAPA anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery, ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, PICU pediatric intensive care unit