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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Nov 3;64(19):2026–2035. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.08.033

Central Illustration. Flow Diagram of the Results of the SVR Extension Trial.

Central Illustration

At 14 months, patients in the SVR Trial showed no differences in RV function whether they had received an RVPAS or MBTS, but longer-term results in the SVR Extension Trial demonstrated greater RVEF deterioration after RVPAS. Encouragingly, other indices of RV function remained stable prior to Fontan regardless of shunt type.

MBTS = modified Blalock-Taussig shunt; RV = right ventricle/ventricular; RVPAS = right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery shunt; SVR = Single Ventricle Reconstruction