Table 1.
Subject Characteristics at Fontan Completion According to APC Coil Status
| Coil Group | No Coil Group | p-value | |
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| Subject Demographics | |||
| Age at Fontan, yr (mean±SD) | 3.9±2.2 | 3.2±1.9 | 0.004 |
| Ventricular type | 0.05 | ||
| Left | 37% | 50% | |
| Right | 45% | 32% | |
| Mixed | 18% | 18% | |
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| Pre-Fontan Echocardiographic Findings | |||
| Atrioventricular valve regurgitation | |||
| Any | 62% | 48% | 0.03 |
| Moderate or severe | 13% | 4% | 0.005 |
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| Pre-Fontan Catheterization Findings | |||
| Systemic oxygen saturation (mean±SD) | 85±4% | 84±5% | 0.02 |
| Veno-venous collateral coils | 18% | 7% | 0.003 |
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| Fontan Surgical Characteristics | |||
| Year of Fontan | <0.001 | ||
| 1986-1991 | 5% | 24% | |
| 1992-1997 | 40% | 56% | |
| 1998-2002 | 55% | 21% | |
| Prior superior cavopulmonary anastomosis | 98% | 71% | <0.001 |
| Type of Fontan | <0.001 | ||
| Atriopulmonary connection | 0% | 16% | |
| Intracardiac lateral tunnel | 59% | 60% | |
| Extracardiac lateral tunnel | 20% | 11% | |
| Extracardiac conduit | 21% | 11% | |
| Other | 0% | 2% | |
| Surgical Fenestration | 84% | 65% | <0.001 |