Table 2.
The prevalence of different heart defects in four subgroups of patients according to the European Society of Cardiology.
| Eisenmenger’s Syndrome n = 265 (75%) |
PAH Associated with Prevalent Systemic-to-Pulmonary Shunts n = 43 (12%) |
PAH after Defect Correction n = 45 (12%) |
PAH with Small/Coincidental Defects n= 3 (1%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASD | 39 | 18 | 21 | 1 |
| VSD | 121 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| AVSD | 42 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| PDA | 22 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Complex defects | 41 | 8 | 10 | 1 |
ASD—atrial septal defect, AVSD—atrioventricular septal defect, PAH—pulmonary arterial hypertension, PDA—persistent ductus arteriosus, VSD—ventricular septal defect.