Table 1.

Baseline characteristics.

Age at operation (years, median, range)		3.0	(range, 5 months-40 years)
Weight (kg, median, range)		13	(range, 5-70 kg)
Female/Male, n (%)		33/26	(56%/44%)
Echocardiography	TTE VSD LV size (mm, mean±SD)	5.1±2.1	(range, 2.5-14 mm)
	TTE VSD RV size (mm, mean±SD)	4.5±1.5	(range, 2.1-8.8 mm)
	TEE VSD LV size (mm, mean±SD)	5.4±2.2	(range, 2.5-13 mm)
	TEE VSD RV size (mm, mean±SD)	4.7±1.7	(range, 2.4-10 mm)
Defect position, n (%)	Perimembranous	58/59	98%
	Muscular	jan/59	2%
	Aneurysm, n (%)	nov/58	19%

TEE=transesophageal echocardiography; TTE=transthoracic echocardiography; VSD=ventricular septal defect