Keri M. Shafer1,2, Alexander R. Opotowsky1,2, Jonathan Rhodes1
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.13, No.6, pp. 903-910, 2018, DOI:10.1111/chd.12661
Abstract Objective: Risk prediction using cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) in complex
congenital heart disease tends to either focus on single diagnoses or complete cohorts. We aimed to evaluate patients with two distinct anatomies cared for at a single
institution over the same time period to determine CPET variables associated with
mortality.
Design: All Fontan and tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) subjects with CPET between
November 1, 2002 and December 31, 2014 and subsequently died were identified
(cases). Cases were matched 1:3 to controls with similar age, underlying anatomy and
timing of exercise test.
Results: Of the 42 cases, 27 had a Fontan… More >
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