Table 1

Basic clinical and surgical characteristics

VariableAll patients (n=168)Serious adverse event outcome (n=26)No such outcome (n=142)p Value
Mean age at repair5.2±8.89.7±10.84.5±8.30.01
Mean age at last follow-up visit34.1±11.747.4±14.331.7±9.3<0.001
Gender, male92 (54.8)20 (76.9)72 (50.7)0.02
Prior palliative shunt54 (32.1)9 (34.6)45 (31.6)0.43
Repair details
Patch repair79 (72.4)9 (34.6)70 (49.3)0.77
Conduit repair26 (23.9)2 (7.7)24 (16.9)
Redo surgery required27 (16.1)5 (19.2)22 (15.4)0.26
PVR101 (60.1)14 (54)87 (61)0.66
Mean age at PVR, years25.6±1237.3±18.323.8±9.60.02
Second PVR required10 (6.0)2 (7.7)8 (5.6)0.63
Mean age at second PVR, years26.4±6.922.0±4.227.5±7.20.34
  • PVR, pulmonary valve replacement.