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Published in final edited form as: Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2011 Mar 5;40(4):1000–1006. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.01.056

Table 2.

Operative and postoperative data: Alive versus dead or transplanted at 18 months after BDG.

	Alive (n = 177)	Dead or OHT (n = 17)	p value
Operative data
Perfusion variables
Total pump time (min), median (range)	73 (36–257)	87 (57–166)	0.14
Cross-clamp time (min)	0 (0–162)	0 (0–59)	0.95
Use of circulatory arrest, n (%)	31 (18%)	3 (18%)	1.00
Additional procedures
AV valvuloplasty, n (%)	9 (5%)	4 (24%)	0.01
Atrial septal resection	15 (8%)	1 (6%)	1.00
Aortic arch intervention	15 (8%)	4 (24%)	0.07
Postoperative data
Ventilator time (h), median (range)	18 (6–528)	36 (14–552)	0.002
Duration of pleural drains (days)	2 (1–13)	3 (2–12)	0.003
O₂ saturation in initial 12 h (%)	79 (58–90)	73 (63–84)	0.007
Discharge O₂ saturation (%)	83 (69–93)	79 (69–90)	0.002
LOS after BDG (days)	6 (1–110)	13 (4–61)	0.006

BDG, bidirectional Glenn procedure; OHT, orthotopic heart transplant; AV, atrioventricular; and LOS, length of hospital stay.