Table 1. Patients’ characteristics (n = 74).

Variable	All patients	Repaired TA	Unrepaired TA	p-value
	(n = 74)	(n = 52)	(n = 22)
Male gender	34 (45.9%)	25 (48.1%)	9 (40.9%)	0.57
Age at suspicion of TA at primary hospital (years)	0.05 (0–25.91)	0.05 (0–2.01)	0.07 (0–25.91)	0.79
Age at referral and diagnosis of TA at the center (years)	0.19 (0–25.91)	0.16 (0–2.01)	1.85 (0–25.91)	0.07
Body weight at referral (kg)	3.67 (1.50–48.00)	3.38 (1.50–9.40)	8.05 (2.30–48.00)	0.05
Oxygen saturation, %	88.88 ± 5.86	90.33 ± 4.68	85.45 ± 6.96	0.005*
Cardiothoracic ratio on chest radiography	0.62 ± 0.05	0.62 ± 0.04	0.63 ± 0.06	0.42
Prenatal diagnosis	4 (5.4%)	3 (5.7%)	1 (4.5%)	1.00
Associated anomalies	24 (32.4%)	18 (34.6%)	6 (27.3%)	0.53
- DiGeorge syndrome	10 (13.5%)	8 (15.4%)	2 (9.1%)	0.47
TA type (Collett and Edwards)
- Type I	54 (72.9%)	37 (71.1%)	17 (77.3%)	0.58
- Type II	17 (23.0%)	13 (25%)	4 (18.2%)
- Type III	3 (4.1%)	2 (3.9%)	1 (4.5%)
Truncal valve leaflets
- Bicuspid	14 (19.0%)	9 (17.3%)	5 (22.7%)	0.84
- Tricuspid	40 (54.0%)	31 (59.6%)	9 (40.9%)
- Quardricuspid	20 (27.0%)	12 (23.1%)	8 (36.4%)
Presence of moderate and severe truncal valve regurgitation	5 (6.7%)	4 (7.7%)	1 (4.5%)	1.00
Presence of pulmonary artery stenosis	6 (8.1%)	5 (9.6%)	1 (4.5%)	0.66
Presence of interrupted aortic arch	2 (2.7%)	1 (1.9%)	1 (4.5%)	0.51
Presence of right side aortic arch	22 (29.7%)	17 (32.7%)	5 (22.7%)	0.35
Presence of partial anomalous pulmonary venous return	4 (5.4%)	4 (7.7%)	0	0.31
Left ventricular ejection fraction (%)	66.99 ± 8.90	68.53 ± 8.09	62.80 ± 9.86	0.015*

Notes.

Data represented by median (range), mean ± SD and number (% within column).

Statistically significant at p-value < 0.05 by Chi-square or Fishers exact test and independent T test (for normally distributed data) or Wilcoxon rank-sum test (for non-normally distributed data).

TA

truncus arteriosus