Table 4.
Characteristics and outcomes of patients with residual shunts
| |
|
Residual shunt |
Follow-up |
|
|
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient | Age | Location | Size (mm) | Progression | Shunt size (mm) | NYHA class | Outcome | Cause of death | Survival (months) |
| 1 |
46 |
Anterior |
5 |
No |
5 |
IV |
Non-survivor |
Multi-organ failure |
0.7 |
| 2 |
57 |
Posterior |
5 |
No |
5 |
IV |
Non-survivor |
Congestive cardiac failure |
2.8 |
| 3 |
73 |
Anterior |
10 |
Yes |
18 |
III |
Non-survivor |
Congestive cardiac failure |
3.7 |
| 4 |
64 |
Anterior |
5 |
No |
5 |
II |
Non-survivor |
Recurrent myocardial infarction |
22 |
| 5 |
69 |
Anterior |
5 |
No |
0 |
I |
Non-survivor |
Recurrent myocardial infarction |
34 |
| 6 |
63 |
Anterior |
4 |
No |
4 |
I |
Survivor |
|
16 |
| 7 |
70 |
Anterior |
5 |
No |
5 |
I |
Survivor |
|
98 |
| 8 | 63 | Anterior | 3 | Yes | 7 | I | Survivor | 112 | |
NYHA: New York Heart Association.