From: Long-term follow-up in adults after tetralogy of Fallot repair
All patients (n = 83) | Group 1 < 25 years since repair (n = 51) | Group 2 ≥ 25 years since repair (n = 32) | P values | |
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Median age with interquartile range (yr) | 26 (19–64) | 25 (19–49) | 37 (21–64) | < 0.001 |
Male/female | 49/34 | 32/19 | 17/15 | 0.39 |
Height | 168.3 ± 10.8 | 169.9 ± 12.2 | 165.8 ± 7.7 | 0.11 |
Weight | 64.7 ± 14.8 | 63.5 ± 15.4 | 66.6 ± 14.0 | 0.40 |
BMI | 22.8 ± 4.4 | 21.9 ± 4.5 | 24.1 ± 4.0 | 0.04 |
BSA | 1.7 ± 0.2 | 1.7 ± 0.2 | 1.7 ± 0.2 | 0.94 |
Median age with interquartile range at ToF repair (yr) | 3 (0–30) | 3 (0–30) | 3 (0–30) | 0.66 |
Time since ToF repair (yr) | 23 (6–53) | 21 (6–24) | 31 (25–53) | < 0.001 |
Number with prior Blalock – Taussig shunt | 17 | 6 | 11 | 0.02 |
Number with transannular patch | 39 | 29 | 10 | 0.02 |
NYHA functional class | NYHA I – 56 | NYHA I – 38 | NYHA I – 18 | 0.23 |
NYHA II – 23 | NYHA II – 13 | NYHA II – 10 | NYHA I – 0.08 | |
NYHA III – 4 | NYHA III – 0 | NYHA III – 4 | NYHA II – 0.38 | |
NYHA IV – 0 | NYHA IV –0 | NYHA IV –0 | NYHA III – 0.98 |