Table 1. Clinical characteristics of adult patients with congenital heart disease requiring unscheduled hospitalization.
| USH | Total hospitalization | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients (n=145) | Admissions (n=239) | Patients (n=959) | Admissions (n=1761) | |
| Age at 1st admission (years) | 27 (18-82) | |||
| 18-19 | 15 (10) | |||
| 20-29 | 69 (48) | |||
| 30-39 | 26 (18) | |||
| 40-49 | 11 (8) | |||
| 50-59 | 12 (8) | |||
| 60-69 | 10 (7) | |||
| 70- | 2 (1) | |||
| Male gender | 79 (54) | |||
| CHD diagnosis | ||||
| SVP-Fontan | 24 (17) | 43 (18) | 78 (8) | 180 (10) |
| SVP-non fontan | 8 (6) | 12 (5) | 24 (3) | 57 (3) |
| TOF | 31 (21) | 42 (18) | 99 (10) | 193 (11) |
| TGA | 11 (8) | 22 (9) | 42 (4) | 92 (5) |
| VSD | 11 (8) | 17 (7) | 47 (5) | 63 (4) |
| ASD | 14 (10) | 23 (10) | 389 (41) | 686 (39) |
| Eisenmenger syndrome | 18 (12) | 39 (16) | 48 (5) | 142 (8) |
| Others | 28 (19) | 41 (17) | 232 (24) | 348 (20) |
| Intervention | ||||
| Corrective surgery | 101 (79) | |||
| Palliative surgery | 9 (6) | |||
| CI | 3 (2) | |||
| No surgery/CI | 32 (22) | |||
Values are n (%). USH: unscheduled hospitalization, SVP: single bentricular physiology, TOF: tetralogy of Fallot, TGA: transposition of great arteries, VSD: ventricular septal defect, ASD: atrial septal defect, CI: catheter intervention