Vanessa Marie Hormaza1, Mark Conaway2, Daniel Scott Schneider1, Jeffrey Eric Vergales1
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.14, No.2, pp. 274-279, 2019, DOI:10.1111/chd.12722
Abstract Objective: Limited information is known on how right ventricular function affects
outcomes after stage 2 palliation. We evaluated the impact of different right ventricular indices prior to stage 2 palliation on morbidity and mortality.
Design: Retrospective study design.
Setting: Pediatric Heart Network Single Ventricle Reconstruction Trial Public Data
Set.
Patient: Any variant of stage 1 palliation and all anatomic hypoplastic left heart syndrome variants in the trial were evaluated. Echocardiograms prior to stage 2 palliation were analyzed and compared between those who failed and those who
survived.
Intervention: None.
Outcome measures: Mortality was defined as death, listed for transplant, or… More >
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