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Preoperative single ventricle function determines early outcome after second-stage palliation of single ventricle heart.

Jacek Władysław PająkMichał BuczyńskiPiotr StanekGrzegorz ZalewskiMarek WitesLesław SzydłowskiBogusław MazurekLidia Tomkiewicz-Pająk
Published in: Cardiovascular ultrasound (2017)
Significant preoperative atrioventricular valve regurgitation, arrhythmias and pneumonia/sepsis are closely correlated with mortality in patients with single-ventricle heart after second-stage palliation. Preoperative significant single-ventricle heart dysfunction is an independent mortality predictor in this group of patients. There are no differences in clinical, echocardiographic data, or outcomes in patients treated with the hemi-Fontan compared with bidirectional Glenn procedures.
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