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. 2015 Jan 26;45(1):59–66. doi: 10.4070/kcj.2015.45.1.59

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