Table 2.

Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of each patient listed in chronological order of surgery

Patient	Echo post-op (days)	Heart rate (beats/min)	SaO2 (%)	Inotrope (μg/kg/min)	TR	RV %A-Ch (%)	Peak systolic SR (1/s)	Peak systolic ε (%)	Outcome
S-PA shunt
1	50	149	80	None	Mod	29	−1.11	−16.2	A
2	47	167	79	None	Mod	25	−0.69	−12.2	A
3	41	136	80	None	Mild	29	−0.77	−11.9	D (60 days)
4	28	177	82	Dobutamine 5	Mild	17	−1.08	−13.4	D (29 days)
Mean (SD)	41.5 (3.4)	157 (18)	80 (1)			25 (6)	−0.91 (0.21)	−13.4 (2.0)
RV-PA conduit
5	34	147	85	None	Mild	49	−1.54	−20.4	A
6	27	138	88	None	Mod	62	−1.06	−16.5	A
7	36	154	86	None	Mild	55	−1.18	−16.7	A
8	31	170	85	Dobutamine 2.5	Mild	53	−1.29	−16.5	A
9	32	133	82	None	Mild	62	−1.11	−19.0	A
Mean (SD)	32 (9.7)	148 (15)	85 (2)			56 (6)	−1.24 (0.19)	−17.8 (1.8)
p Value	0.07	0.4	<0.01			<0.01	0.048	0.01

ε, systolic strain; A, alive; D, died; mod, moderate; RV % A-Ch, right ventricle percentage area change; SaO₂, percutaneous oxygen saturation; SR, strain rate; TR, tricuspid valve regurgitation.