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Published in final edited form as: Birth Defects Res. 2024 Aug;116(8):e2393. doi: 10.1002/bdr2.2393

Table 3.

Neonatal Mortality by Approach, 1999–2017

C-CLOC Approach of 59 Lesions BPA Codes Used to Define CHD Broad Approach Exclusive Approach


Description n % neonatal mortality n % neonatal mortality n % neonatal mortality

All left-sided lesions 8,359 8.6 746300, 746500, 746505, 746700, 746820, 747100, 747110, 747190, 747200, 747210, 747215, 747217, 747220, 747285 10,843 10.0 5,498 7.9
Aortic arch obstruction 5,110 5.9 747100, 747110, 747190, 747200, 747210, 747215, 747217, 747285 6,956 8.2 2,625 4.5
Simple 2,652 4.3
Complex 2,469 7.6
Congenital aortic stenosis 731 3.7 746300 1,749 7.4 631 3.0
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome 1,206 23.5 746700 1,619 24.2 440 25.5
Mitral stenosis
 Simple
 Complex
938
509
429
8.4
4.7
12.8
746500 711 7.7 182 3.9
746500 or 746505 3,051 13.5 509 4.7
Cor triatriatum -- -- 746820 146 9.6 -- --
Supravalvar aortic stenosis -- -- 747220 179 3.4 -- --

All right-sided lesions 5,744 3.0 746000, 746010, 746100, 746200, 746830, 747300, 747310 8,236 5.3 4,546 3.0
Ebstein anomaly 431 13.0 746200 531 15.3 266 9.8
Pulmonary valve stenosis 3,730 0.3 746010 5,663 1.8 3,680 0.3
Pulmonary atresia
 Pulmonary atresia with IVS
1,079
364
12.7
16.2
746000, 747300, 747310 1,798 14.6 328 18.0
Tricuspid atresia
 Tricuspid atresia, normal GA
 Tricuspid atresia, malposed GA
413
311
101
7.5
8.0
5.9
746100 548 8.6 26 26.9

All conotruncal defects 3,780 6.8 745000, 745200, 747216, 747230, 747310 4,570 7.5 2,336 5.3
Tetralogy of Fallot 2,104 4.7 745200 2,825 5.6 1,593 5.0
Pulmonary atresia with VSD 574 9.8 747310 113 14.2 -- --
Truncus arteriosus
 Truncus arteriosus with IAA
 Truncus arteriosus without IAA
394
38
356
13.5
15.8
13.2
745000 468 18.0 146 15.1
IAA, Type B 218 12.4 747216 184 12.0 -- --
Right aortic arch 175 2.9 747230 1,685 6.6 174 2.9
Vascular ring -- -- 747250 410 2.4 -- --

Endocardial cushion defects 2,959 9.0 745600, 745610, 745630, 745680, 745690 3,158 9.7 1,307 5.3
ASD only 157 8.3 745600, 745610 491 14.7 92 9.8
Atrioventricular canal defect
 Simple
 Complex

1,315
1,454

4.9
12.9
745630, 745680, 74569 2,687 9.0 1,171 5.0

Arterial malposition/looping defects 2,063 8.0 745100, 745110, 745120, 745180, 745190, 745300 2,785 9.5 912 6.5
Congenitally corrected TGA 159 6.9 745120 355 8.5 -- --
Dextro-TGA
 Dextro-TGA with VSD
 Dextro-TGA without VSD
1,279
512
646
5.2
4.6
5.3
All: 745100,745110, 745180, 745190
With VSD: 745110
Without VSD: 745100
2,158
1,097
955
7.8
6.9
8.0
837
257
554
5.7
5.8
5.4
Double inlet left ventricle
 Double inlet left ventricle, L-loop
 Double inlet left ventricle, other
616
--
517
14.5
--
16.5
745300 635 15.4 17 47.1

Double outlet right ventricle
 DORV, transposition of GA
 DORV, normal GA
 DORV, mitral atresia
 DORV, complex
1,140
137
439
232
332
15.6
5.8
14.8
22.0
16.9
All: 745130, 745140, 745150
DORV + Transposition of GA: 745140
DORV + Normal GA: 745130
N/A
N/A
1,619
678
521
N/A
N/A
15.3
11.5
14.8
N/A
N/A
42
--
--
N/A
N/A
19.1
--
--
N/A
N/A

Other CHDs -- N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Pulmonary atresia, complex 141 15.6 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Aortopulmonary window 45 11.1 745010 82 8.5 29 6.9
PAPVR 166 5.4 747430 381 9.5 120 4.2
TAPVR 630 7.0 747420 1,174 13.1 568 6.7
VSD
 VSD, muscular
 VSD, membranous
 VSD, inlet
 VSD, NOS
37,235
7,646
1,936
--
27,648
1.7
0.7
2.2
--
1.9
All: 745480, 745485, 745486, 745487, 745490
Muscular: 745486
Membranous: 745485
Inlet: 745487
NOS: 745480, 745490
43,344
8,832
2,798
--
32,122
2.7
1.4
3.7
--
3.1
37,106
7,606
1,931
--
27,302
1.7
0.7
2.2
--
1.9

ASD: Atrial septal defect; AVSD: Atrioventricular septal defect; BPA: British Pediatric Association; CHD: Congenital heart defects; DORV: Double outlet right ventricle; GA: Great arteries; IAA: Interrupted aortic arch; IVS: Intact ventricular septum; NOS: Not otherwise specified; PAPVR: Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return; TAPVR: Total anomalous pulmonary venous return; TGA: Transposition of the great arteries; VSD: Ventricular septal defect.

Cells with n<5 were repressed.

Excludes repressed cells with n<5.