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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Jun 14;57(24):2437–2443. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.01.031

Table 3.

Subject Profiles by Current Fenestration Status.

Fenestration
(N = 69)
Mean ± SD or %
No Fenestration Detected
(N = 458)
Mean ± SD or %
P-Value
Age at enrollment, yrs 10.7±3.3 12.0±3.4 0.002
Age at Fontan, yrs 3.7±2.3 3.4±2.1 0.3
Years since Fontan 7.1±3.2 8.7±3.5 <.001
Male 61% 59% 0.9
Stage II performed 93% 80% 0.005*
Anatomy 0.3
    Double Inlet Left Ventricle 12% 15%
    Mitral atresia 7% 5%
    Tricuspid atresia 13% 24%
    Unbalanced Atrioventricular canal 3% 4%
    Heterotaxy 9% 7%
    Hypoplastic left heart syndrome 26% 19%
    Other 30% 25%
Type of Fontan 0.001
AP connection 0% 16%
TCPC intracardiac tunnel 80% 56%
TCPC extracardiac tunnel lateral 9% 14%
TCPC extracardiac conduit 10% 13%
Other 1% 2%
Post Fontan Medical History
Weight for age at study, percentile 29±28 35±31 0.2
Height for age at study, percentile 36±30 42±33 0.2
Cardiac surgical procedures 0.3±0.6 0.4±1.0 0.8*
Catheter interventions 0.5±1.2 0.5±1.0 0.3*
Stroke 0% 2% 1.0*
Thrombosis 4% 8% 0.3*
PLE 3% 4% 1.0*
Arrhythmia 21% 20% 0.5*
Functional Health Assessed by Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ50)
Physical Summary Score 46±10 45±12 0.4*
Psychosocial Summary Score 46±11 48±11 0.8*
Echocardiography
Echo EF, % 58±10 59±10 0.6*
Mass:volume ratio z score 1.2±0.5 1.2±0.4 0.5*
dP/dt, mm Hg/s 1575±1026 1374±908 0.3*
Exercise Testing
Resting O2 saturation (%) 89±5 95±4 <.001*
Peak VO2 (ml/kg/min) 25±6 27±6 0.2*
% Predicted peak VO2 63±14 67±15 0.1*
VO2 at VAT (ml/kg/min) 16±4 18±6 0.1*
% Predicted VO2 at VAT 67±14 77±22 0.1*
BNP (pg/ml) 34±72 25±44 1.0*
*

Age-adjusted comparisons

LV= left ventricle, RV= right ventricle, AP = atriopulmonary, TCPC= total cavopulmonary connection, PLE= protein losing enteropathy, EDV= end diastolic volume, ESV= end systolic volume, EF=ejection fraction, O2= oxygen, VO2= maximal oxygen consumption, VAT= ventilatory anaerobic threshold