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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Sep 10;142(5):1090–1097. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.07.028

Table 1.

Study Population Characteristics

Overall(n=5265) Pulmonary valve replacement(n=574) ASD repair(n=365) Conduit operation (n=328) Aortic aneurysm repair(n=136) Mitral valvuloplasty(n=135) Ross operation(n=108) Fontan revision/conversion(n=105)

Age (years) 25 [20–35] 25 [20–35] 33 [23–46] 23 [20–29] 24 [21–31] 26 [20–37] 22 [19–28] 27 [22–33]
Weight(kilograms) 69 [58–83] 70 [59–86] 71 [59–84] 67 [55–79] 78 [62–89] 66 [53–76] 73 [63–83] 68 [56–79]
Race, Caucasian 3872 (74%) 439 (76%) 242 (66%) 262 (80%) 112 (82%) 96 (71%) 91 (84%) 84 (80%)
Sex, male 2631 (50%) 277 (48%) 131(36%) 178 (54%) 90 (66%) 38 (28%) 75 (69%) 51 (49%)
Non-cardiac abnormality 899 (17%) 84 (15%) 25 (6.9%) 52 (16%) 32 (24%) 37 (27%) 7 (6.5%) 11 (10%)
Preoperative factors
 Any 1655 (31%) 106 (18%) 63 (17%) 92 (28%) 25 (18%) 42 (31%) 15 (14%) 71 (68%)
 Arrhythmia 735 (14%) 36 (6.3%) 20 (5.5%) 25 (7.6%) 4 (2.9%) 16 (12%) 1 (0.9%) 56 (53%)
 AV block 144 (2.7%) 1 (0.2%) 1 (0.3%) 5 (1.5%) 1 (0.7%) 2 (1.5%) 1 (0.9%) 1 (1.0%)
 Mechanical ventilation 89 (1.7%) 1 (0.2%) 0 (0%) 3 (0.9%) 2 (1.5%) 1 (0.7%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
 Pulmonary hypertension 65 (1.2%) 3 (0.5%) 4 (1.1%) 6 (1.8%) 0 (0%) 3 (2.2%) 0 (0%) 1 (1.0%)
 Neurologic deficit 177 (3.4%) 12 (2.1%) 8 (2.2%) 13 (4.0%) 3 (2.2%) 4 (3.0%) 3 (2.8%) 3 (2.9%)
 Seizure 61 (1.2%) 6 (1.1%) 1 (0.3%) 6 (1.8%) 3 (2.2%) 2 (1.5%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
 Endocarditis 73 (1.4%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.3%) 9 (2.7%) 4 (2.9%) 4 (3.0%) 3 (2.8%) 0 (0%)
 Bleeding disorder 68 (1.3%) 8 (1.4%) 3 (0.8%) 8 (2.4%) 2 (1.5%) 2 (1.5%) 4 (3.7%) 3 (2.9%)

Continuous variables are presented as median [interquartile range]

Preoperative factors occurring in >1% of the overall study population are displayed.

ASD=atrial septal defect, AV = atrioventricular