Table 1.
Patient Characteristics and Presentation
| All Patients | ARCA | ALCA | P value | |
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| All patients | 60 (100%) | 30 (50%) | 30(50%) | |
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| Male sex | 38 (63%) | 19 (63%) | 19 (63%) | 1.00 |
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| Age at surgery in years | 15.4 (IQR 11.9–17.9) | 15.5 (IQR 13.4–41.0) | 15.3 (IQR 10.8–17.5) | 0.225 |
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| Age at last followup in years | 16.8 (IQR 14.5–19.6) | 16.4 (IQR 14.7–19.6) | 17.1 (IQR 14.5–19.2) | 0.986 |
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| Weight at surgery in kilograms | 60.2 +/− 24.9 | 62.9 +/− 23.5 | 57.4 +/− 26.3 | 0.400 |
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| Symptoms at presentation | 53 (88%) | 28 (93%) | 25 (83%) | 0.424 |
| Chest pain | 38 (63%) | 22 (73%) | 16 (53%) | 0.108 |
| Shortness of breath | 17 (28%) | 10 (33%) | 7 (23%) | 0.390 |
| Palpitations | 12 (20%) | 8 (27%) | 4 (13%) | 0.197 |
| Syncope | 12 (20%) | 5 (17%) | 7 (23%) | 0.519 |
| Aborted sudden cardiac death | 4 (7%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (13%) | 0.112 |
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| No symptoms at presentation | 7 (12%) | 2 (7%) | 5 (17%) | 0.424 |
| Family history | 3 (5%) | 2 (7%) | 1 (3%) | 1.00 |
| Murmur | 2 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (7%) | 0.492 |
| Abnormal ECG | 1 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (3%) | 1.00 |
| History of PDA | 1 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (3%) | 1.00 |
Numbers represent means/medians (SD/IQR) for continuous variables and numbers (%) for categorical variables.
*
P value for comparison between ARCA and ALCA.