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. 2002 Jul;88(1):71–75. doi: 10.1136/heart.88.1.71

Table 1.

Anatomical diagnoses in each category according to current clinical management (n=471)

Current clinical management
Anatomical diagnosis Surgically cured Surgically corrected Surgically palliated Medical Inoperable Total
VSD 33 4 2† 50 4† 93
Pulmonary valve disease 37 5 0 22 0 64
Coarctation of the aorta 1* 61 0 1 0 63
Tetralogy of Fallot 0 54 1‡ 0 2 57
Aortic valve disease (including subaortic stenosis) 3 26 0 27 0 56
Secundum ASD 22 0 2† 7 0 31
Ostium primum septal defect 0 16 0 0 1† 17
d-TGA with or without VSD 0 0 13 0 0 13
Complete AVSD 0 4 0 0 6 10
Tricuspid atresia 0 0 9 0 0 9
l-TGA with or without VSD 0 0 4 3 1† 8
VSD and ASD 5 0 1† 1 0 7
Pulmonary atresia/VSD 0 0 5 0 2 7
Ebstein's anomaly 0 5 0 1 0 6
Marfan's syndrome 0 0 0 6 0 6
Patent ductus arteriosus 6 0 0 0 0 6
Partial/total APVD 4 0 0 0 0 4
Congenital conduction abnormalities 0 2 0 2 0 4
Isolated mitral valve disease 0 2 0 2 0 3
Atrial isomerism 0 0 3 0 0 3
Other (truncus arteriosus, atrioventricular tunnel defect, double inlet left ventricle, dilated cardiomyopathy) 0 0 2 1 1 4
Total 111 179 42 122 17 471

APVD, anomalous pulmonary venous drainage; ASD, atrial septal defect; AVSD, atrioventricular septal defect; TGA, transposition of the great arteries; VSD, ventricular septal defect.

*Thoracic vascular ring; †severe pulmonary hypertension; ‡other cardiac malformations.