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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2016 Sep 10;29(11):1066–1073. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2016.07.016

Table 5.

Other Pre-Fontan Medical History Factors by Diastolic Function Grade

Variable Normal Impaired
Relaxation
Pseudo-
normalization
Restrictive chisq p
N 104 30 120 72
SCPA performed 68% 73% 78% 69% 0.43
  In LVs 56% 64% 67% 71% 0.45
  In RVs 86% 91% 91% 84% 0.81
  In Mixed 75% 60% 71% 36% 0.15

Type of Fontan 0.60

Atriopulmonary connection 17% 10% 13% 13%
Intracardiac lateral tunnel 50% 70% 65% 63%
Extracardiac conduit 29% 21% 20% 22%
Extracardiac lateral tunnel 1% 0% 2% 0%
Other 3% 0% 1% 3%
Fenestrated Fontan 65% 67% 70% 65% 0.80
Pre-Fontan coarctation catheterization
intervention
3% 3% 8% 7% 0.42
N with catheterization 104 30 120 72
End-diastolic pressure, mmHg
(median)
7.1±4.4 (8.0) 7.4±3.6 (8.0) 7.0±4.2 (7.0) 7.4±6.0 (7.0) 0.95/0.67*
PA pressure, mmHg (median) 9.6±6.8
(11.0)
11.0±4.5 (11.0) 8.9±7.6 (11.0) 8.7±7.6
(10.0)
0.65/0.13*
O2 saturation, %
(median)
81±21 (85) 83±5 (84) 80±19 (85) 78±22 (83) 0.57/0.75*
*

ANOVA p-value/Kruskal-Wallis test p-value

SCPA = superior cavopulmonary anastomosis; PA=pulmonary artery