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. 2021 Dec;11(6):1416–1431. doi: 10.21037/cdt-20-727

Table 3. Treatment at the German Heart Center of Munich, representing the indication for rehabilitation measures.

Surgical treatment Pre-rehabilitation measures, frequency (n)
ASD patch closure 42
Homograft implantation 32
Valvuloplasty 24
Mechanical valve replacement 19
Biological valve replacement 17
Conduit/vascular prosthesis 16
Valvuloplasty - and/or replacement + vessel (Bentall-/ David-OP) 14
VSD patch closure 8
Fontan operation 4
Pacemaker implantation 4
PFO closure 2
AVSD patch closure + cleft stitching 2
Mechanical valve replacement + Homograft 1
Mechanical valve replacement + VSD patch closure 1
Other interventions* 10
Total 196

*, resection of the atrial septum and a membrane at the inferior vena cava (partial anomalous pulmonary vein return), baffle revision and resection of an LVOTO (double outlet right ventricle, aortic coarctation, hypoplasia of the transverse aortic arch and PDA). Mustard-Brom-operation (TGA), coil-occlusion of the internal thoracic artery (pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect). Corrective surgery (sinus-venosus defect). Atrioseptostomy and aortopulmonary shunt (double inlet left ventricle), relocation of a left superior vena cava (TGA), total cavopulmonary anastomosis (congenitally corrected transposition), correction of a partial anomalous pulmonary vein return) (sinus-venosus defect), patch closure of aortal wall defects (ASD). ASD, atrial septal defect; VSD, ventricular septal defect; PFO, patent foramen ovale; AVSD, atrioventricular septal defect; LVOTO, left ventricular outflow tract obstruction; PDA, patent ductus arteriosus; TGA, transposition of the great arteries.