Causes of death or HTX among the 284 Fontan patients
| SLV(n=138) | SRV(n=120) | MIX(n=26) | Total(n=284) | |
| Postoperative complications* | 7 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| Heart failure† | 1 | 11 | 1 | 13 |
| Sudden death‡ | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Failed Fontan§ | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Infection¶ | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Thrombosis** | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 15 | 24 | 2 | 41 |
*Various complications within 30 days of last surgery.
†Myocardial and/or valvar failure.
‡Death occurring within minutes from any cause, including malignant tachyarrhythmias.
§See Definitions.
¶Pneumonia, sepsis, gastroenteritis.
**Shunt thrombosis or thrombosis in Fontan circuit, myocardial infarction, stroke.
HTX, heart transplantation; MIX, mixed or indeterminate ventricular morphology; SLV, single left ventricular morphology; SRV, single right ventricular morphology.