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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 19.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2014 Jul 22;130(8):638–645. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.009032

Table 2.

Major interventional catheterizations and surgeries in patients managed with a biventricular (BV) circulation from birth (n=31) and in patients who underwent conversion to a BV circulation after initial univentricular palliation (n=7)

Patients (%) Performed in neonatal period Total performed
BV from birth (n=31)
Interventional catheterizations
 Balloon dilation of aortic valve 28 (90%) 24 40
 Balloon dilation of mitral valve* 6 (19%) 1 10
 Balloon dilation of aortic arch 4 (13%) 1 4
Surgeries
 Mitral valve repair 18 (58%) 9 29
 Endocardial fibroelastosis resection 17 (55%) 6 22
 Aortic valve repair 14 (45%) 3 19
 Ross procedure (pulmonary autograft) 12 (39%) 4 12
 Subaortic resection or Konno 9 (29%) 2 10
 Mitral valve replacement 5 (16%) 0 6
 Coarctation repair 4 (13%) 4 4
 Aortic valve replacement (mechanical) 1 (3%) 1 1
Converted to BV circulation (n=7)
Interventional catheterizations
 Balloon dilation of aortic valve 4 (57%) 3 7
 Balloon dilation of mitral valve 1 (14%) 0 1
 Balloon dilation of aortic arch 1 (14%) 0 1
Staged Palliative Surgeries
 Stage 1 (Norwood) 7 (100%) 7 7
 Bidirectional Glenn 6 (86%) -- 6
 Fontan 2 (29%) -- 2
Other Surgeries
 Endocardial fibroelastosis resection 6 (86%) 4 19
 Mitral valve repair 6 (86%) 3 18
 Aortic valve repair 6 (86%) 4 14
 Mitral valve replacement 3 (43%) 0 5
 Ross procedure (pulmonary autograft) 2 (29%) 0 2
 Subaortic resection or Konno 1 (14%) 0 1

Listed in order of most common procedures performed.

*

Native or surgically implanted Melody valve in the mitral position.