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. 2018 Oct 18;5(2):e000902. doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2018-000902

Table 3.

Causes of death or HTX among the 111 non-Fontan patients

SLV(n= 28) SRV(n=75) MIX(n=8) Total(n=111)
Heart failure* 5 23 4 32
Postoperative complications† 3 13 2 18
Thrombosis‡ 2 9 0 11
Pulmonary vascular disease§ 4 6 0 10
Sudden death¶ 2 8 0 10
Infection** 3 2 0 5
Bleeding†† 1 1 0 2
Total 20 62 6 88

*Myocardial and/or valvar failure.

†Various complications within 30 days of last surgery.

‡Shunt thrombosis or thrombosis in Fontan circuit, myocardial infarction, stroke.

§Underdeveloped pulmonary vessels and/or high pulmonary vascular resistance.

¶Death occurring within minutes from any cause, including malignant tachyarrhythmias.

**Pneumonia, sepsis, gastroenteritis.

††Cerebral hemorrhage, pulmonary hemorrhage.

HTX, heart transplantation; MIX, mixed or indeterminate ventricular morphology; SLV, single left ventricular morphology; SRV, single right ventricular morphology.