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. 2006 Dec 5;93(6):682–687. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2006.098848

Table 1 Baseline characteristics per subgroup of a total number of 1877 patients.

Closed ASD Open ASD Closed VSD Open VSD Cyan non‐Eis Eis other
Eisenmenger's syndrome Eisenmenger's syndrome
No Yes No Yes
n 377 504 15 275 352 83 138 133
Median (Q1–Q3) age (years) 38 (24–50) 40 (26–54) 44 (34–57) 27 (21–35) 27 (20–36) 30 (24–39) 28 (22–35) 28 (23–36)
Females (%) 65 68 80 53 53 55 59 68
PAH, n (%) 45 (12%) 164 (33%) 15 (100%) 35 (13%) 39 (11%) 83 (100%) 17 (12%) 133 (100%)
sPAP (in PAH), median (Q1–Q3)* 45 (42–57) 51.5 (42–62) 110 (92–126) 54 (41–75) 60 (48–88) 106 (96–119) 49.5 (42–59) 104 (90–120)

ASD, atrial septal defect; Cyan non‐Eis, Cyanotic defect without Eisenmenger syndrome; Eis other, Eisenmenger's sydrome with an underlying defect other than a simple ASD or VSD; PAH, pulmonary arterial hypertension; Q1–Q3, 1st quartile–3rd quartile; sPAP, systolic pulmonary artery pressure; VSD, ventricular septal defect.

*Median systolic pulmonary artery pressures for the patients with PAH.