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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 Oct 9;145(1):183–187. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.09.006

Table 2.

Event Characteristics in the Open and Closed Fenestration Groups

Event Type Open # (%) Closed: Pre-
Fenestration
closure # (%)		 Closed: Post-
Fenestration
Closure # (%)		 Cumulative # (%)
Death 5 (3.1%) 0 (0%) 3 (5.9%) 8 (3.8%)
Heart Transplant 1 (0.6%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.5%)
Fontan Takedown 1 (0.6%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.5%)
NYHA >2 * 27 (16.8%) 0 (0%) 1 (2.0%) 28 (13.2%)
Pacemaker 7 (4.3%) 1 (2.0%) 1 (2.0%) 9 (4.2%)
PLE 7 (4.3%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 7 (3.3%)
Stroke 3 (1.9%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 3 (1.4%)
Thrombus 9 (5.6%) 1 (2.0%) 3 (5.9%) 13 (6.1%)
Plastic Bronchitis 0 (0%) 1 (2.0%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.5%)
Sub. Thorac. Ops. 11 (6.8%) 5 (9.8%) 3 (5.9%) 19 (9.0%)
ECMO 1 (0.6%) 0 (0%) 1 (2.0%) 2 (0.9%)
Total 72 (44.7%) 8 (15.7%) 12(23.5%) 92 (43.4%)
*

Ten patients had undocumented NYHA functional classification -9 in the open group, 1 in the closed group. For consistency, row percentages were calculated using a denominator of 161 for the Open group and 51 for the Closed group.