Table 2:

Patient characteristics at follow-up

UVF (n = 151)BVF (n = 41)P-valueTotal (N = 192)

Follow-up time (years)

 Mean (SD)

 Median (IQR)

15.3 (10.7)

13.5 (7.3–23.1)

10 (10.3)

5.2 (1.1–18.4)

14.1 (10.8)

12.7 (5.4–20.7)

Late death, n (%)13 (8.6)3 (7.3)0.72b16 (8.3)
Overall morbidity, n (%)70 (46.4)13 (31.7)0.80b83 (43.2)
Late cardiac failure, n (%)12 (10.2)4 (14.3)0.51a16 (11.0)
Liver disease, n (%)9 (7.6)0 (0.0)0.21a9 (6.2)
Pulmonary hypertension, n (%)11 (9.3)4 (14.3)0.49a15 (10.3)
Protein-losing enteropathy, n (%)7 (6.3)1 (3.8)1.00a8 (5.8)
Cardiac rhythm, n (%)Sinus84 (63.2)31 (88.6)0.018a115 (68.4)
Pacemaker28 (21.0)1 (2.9)29 (17.3)
Arrhythmias necessitating direct-current shock7 (5.3)1 (2.9)8 (4.8)
Atrial-junctional rhythm14 (10.5)2 (5.7)16 (9.5)
Surgical reoperations, n (%)26 (17.2)4 (9.8)0.33a30 (15.6)
UVF (n = 151)BVF (n = 41)P-valueTotal (N = 192)

Follow-up time (years)

 Mean (SD)

 Median (IQR)

15.3 (10.7)

13.5 (7.3–23.1)

10 (10.3)

5.2 (1.1–18.4)

14.1 (10.8)

12.7 (5.4–20.7)

Late death, n (%)13 (8.6)3 (7.3)0.72b16 (8.3)
Overall morbidity, n (%)70 (46.4)13 (31.7)0.80b83 (43.2)
Late cardiac failure, n (%)12 (10.2)4 (14.3)0.51a16 (11.0)
Liver disease, n (%)9 (7.6)0 (0.0)0.21a9 (6.2)
Pulmonary hypertension, n (%)11 (9.3)4 (14.3)0.49a15 (10.3)
Protein-losing enteropathy, n (%)7 (6.3)1 (3.8)1.00a8 (5.8)
Cardiac rhythm, n (%)Sinus84 (63.2)31 (88.6)0.018a115 (68.4)
Pacemaker28 (21.0)1 (2.9)29 (17.3)
Arrhythmias necessitating direct-current shock7 (5.3)1 (2.9)8 (4.8)
Atrial-junctional rhythm14 (10.5)2 (5.7)16 (9.5)
Surgical reoperations, n (%)26 (17.2)4 (9.8)0.33a30 (15.6)
a

Fisher’s exact test.

b

Cox regression.

BVF: biventricular Fontan; IQR: interquartile range; SD: standard deviation; UVF: univentricular Fontan.

Boldface are those values which are statistically significant.

Table 2:

Patient characteristics at follow-up

UVF (n = 151)BVF (n = 41)P-valueTotal (N = 192)

Follow-up time (years)

 Mean (SD)

 Median (IQR)

15.3 (10.7)

13.5 (7.3–23.1)

10 (10.3)

5.2 (1.1–18.4)

14.1 (10.8)

12.7 (5.4–20.7)

Late death, n (%)13 (8.6)3 (7.3)0.72b16 (8.3)
Overall morbidity, n (%)70 (46.4)13 (31.7)0.80b83 (43.2)
Late cardiac failure, n (%)12 (10.2)4 (14.3)0.51a16 (11.0)
Liver disease, n (%)9 (7.6)0 (0.0)0.21a9 (6.2)
Pulmonary hypertension, n (%)11 (9.3)4 (14.3)0.49a15 (10.3)
Protein-losing enteropathy, n (%)7 (6.3)1 (3.8)1.00a8 (5.8)
Cardiac rhythm, n (%)Sinus84 (63.2)31 (88.6)0.018a115 (68.4)
Pacemaker28 (21.0)1 (2.9)29 (17.3)
Arrhythmias necessitating direct-current shock7 (5.3)1 (2.9)8 (4.8)
Atrial-junctional rhythm14 (10.5)2 (5.7)16 (9.5)
Surgical reoperations, n (%)26 (17.2)4 (9.8)0.33a30 (15.6)
UVF (n = 151)BVF (n = 41)P-valueTotal (N = 192)

Follow-up time (years)

 Mean (SD)

 Median (IQR)

15.3 (10.7)

13.5 (7.3–23.1)

10 (10.3)

5.2 (1.1–18.4)

14.1 (10.8)

12.7 (5.4–20.7)

Late death, n (%)13 (8.6)3 (7.3)0.72b16 (8.3)
Overall morbidity, n (%)70 (46.4)13 (31.7)0.80b83 (43.2)
Late cardiac failure, n (%)12 (10.2)4 (14.3)0.51a16 (11.0)
Liver disease, n (%)9 (7.6)0 (0.0)0.21a9 (6.2)
Pulmonary hypertension, n (%)11 (9.3)4 (14.3)0.49a15 (10.3)
Protein-losing enteropathy, n (%)7 (6.3)1 (3.8)1.00a8 (5.8)
Cardiac rhythm, n (%)Sinus84 (63.2)31 (88.6)0.018a115 (68.4)
Pacemaker28 (21.0)1 (2.9)29 (17.3)
Arrhythmias necessitating direct-current shock7 (5.3)1 (2.9)8 (4.8)
Atrial-junctional rhythm14 (10.5)2 (5.7)16 (9.5)
Surgical reoperations, n (%)26 (17.2)4 (9.8)0.33a30 (15.6)
a

Fisher’s exact test.

b

Cox regression.

BVF: biventricular Fontan; IQR: interquartile range; SD: standard deviation; UVF: univentricular Fontan.

Boldface are those values which are statistically significant.

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