Increased postoperative and respiratory complications in patients with congenital heart disease associated with heterotaxy Matthew Swisher, BS, Richard Jonas, MD, Xin Tian, PhD, Elaine S. Lee, BA, Cecilia W. Lo, PhD, Linda Leatherbury, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 141, Issue 3, Pages 637-644.e3 (March 2011) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.07.082 Copyright © 2011 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Flow charts summarizing the operative tracks for heterotaxy patients (A) and control patients (B). Other refers to noncardiovascular bypass operations. Surgery involving multiple operations (ie, Total anomalous pulmonary venous connections correction and Glenn operation) were segregated for clarity. In addition, data concerning Risk Adjustment in Congenital Heart Surgery (RACHS-1) scores for each track are included as follows. ASD, Atrial septal defects; AVSD, atrioventricular septal defects; BDG, bidirectional Glenn; BT, Blalock-Taussig; CoA, coarctation; DKS, Damus-Kaye-Stansel; PA, pulmonary artery; TAPVC, total anomalous pulmonary venous connections; TOF, tetralogy of Fallot; VSD, ventricular septal defects. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2011 141, 637-644.e3DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.07.082) Copyright © 2011 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Time -to-event distribution plots for postoperative length of hospital stay (A) and postoperative mechanical ventilation (B) for heterotaxy patients (solid line) and control patients (dashed line). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2011 141, 637-644.e3DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.07.082) Copyright © 2011 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions