TABLE 3.
Cause of death by the presence or absence of aortic atresia or obstructed pulmonary venous return, overall, and by shunt type
| Overall (N = 164) (P = .30) |
MBTS (n = 95) (P = .25) |
RVPAS (n = 69) (P = .75) |
Overall (N = 164) (P = .26) |
MBTS (n = 95) (P = .34) |
RVPAS (n = 69) (P = .26) |
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| Cause of death | AA (n = 103) |
No AA (n = 61) |
AA (n = 62) |
No AA (n = 33) |
AA (n = 41) |
No AA (n = 28 |
OPVR (n = 14) |
No OPVR (n = 150) |
OPVR (n = 11) |
No OPVR (n = 84) |
OPVR (n = 3) |
No OPVR (n = 66) |
| Cardiovascular | 41 (40) | 27 (44) | 24 (39) | 12 (36) | 17 (42) | 15 (54) | 6 (43) | 62 (41) | 5 (46) | 31 (37) | 1 (33) | 31 (47) |
| Unknown | 29 (28) | 11 (18) | 22 (36) | 8 (24) | 7 (17) | 3 (11) | 1 (7) | 39 (26) | 1 (9) | 29 (34) | 0 (0) | 10 (15) |
| MSOF, any etiology | 9 (9) | 6 (10) | 4 (6) | 3 (9) | 5 (12) | 3 (11) | 1 (7) | 14 (9) | 1 (9) | 6 (7) | 0 (0) | 8 (12) |
| Infection | 8 (8) | 3 (5) | 4 (6) | 2 (6) | 4 (10) | 1 (4) | 1 (7) | 10 (7) | 1 (9) | 5 (4) | 0 (0) | 5 (7) |
| Surgical complication | 7 (7) | 3 (5) | 4 (6) | 1 (3) | 3 (7) | 2 (7) | 3 (21) | 7 (5) | 2 (18) | 3 (4) | 1 (33) | 4 (6) |
| Pulmonary, any etiology | 4 (4) | 5 (8) | 1 (2) | 4 (12) | 3 (7) | 1 (4) | 1 (7) | 8 (5) | 1 (9) | 4 (5) | 0 (0) | 4 (6) |
| Other | 2 (2) | 4 (7) | 1 (2) | 1 (3) | 1 (2) | 3 (11) | 1 (7) | 5 (3) | 0 (0) | 2 (2) | 1 (33) | 3 (5) |
| Neurologic | 0 (0) | 2 (6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (6) | 0 (0) | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 2 (2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| GI/hepatic | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) |
| Renal | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Data are presented as number (%). Percentages may not total 100%due to rounding. AA, Aortic atresia; OPVR, obstructed pulmonary venous return; MBTS, modified Blalock-Taussig shunt; RVPAS, right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery shunt; MSOF, multisystem organ failure; GI, gastrointestinal.