A contemporary comparison of the effect of shunt type in hypoplastic left heart syndrome on the hemodynamics and outcome at Fontan completion Jean A. Ballweg, MD, Troy E. Dominguez, MD, Chitra Ravishankar, MD, J. William Gaynor, MD, Susan C. Nicolson, MD, Thomas L. Spray, MD, Sarah Tabbutt, MD, PhD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 140, Issue 3, Pages 537-544 (September 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.03.045 Copyright © 2010 Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Distribution of shunt types over time (n = total stage I reconstruction during the time block). All time blocks are 6 months, except the last is 5 months. mBTS (light gray bars) and RV-PA conduit (dark gray bars). mBTS, Modified Blalock–Taussig shunt; RV-PA, right ventricle to pulmonary artery. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2010 140, 537-544DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.03.045) Copyright © 2010 Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Outcomes of 176 patients who underwent S1R between January 1, 2002, and May 1, 2005. mBTS, Modified Blalock–Taussig shunt; RV-PA, right ventricle to pulmonary artery; ISD, interstage death; OHT, orthotopic heart transplant. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2010 140, 537-544DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.03.045) Copyright © 2010 Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Kaplan–Meier freedom from death or transplant by shunt type. Start point is birth with follow-up to April 16, 2009. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2010 140, 537-544DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.03.045) Copyright © 2010 Terms and Conditions