Long-term results of the lateral tunnel Fontan operation Christof Stamm, MD, Ingeborg Friehs, MD, John E. Mayer, MD, David Zurakowski, PhDb, John K. Triedman, MDa, Adrian M. Moran, MDa, Edward P. Walsh, MDa, James E. Lock, MDa, Richard A. Jonas, MD, Pedro J. del Nido, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 121, Issue 1, Pages 28-41 (January 2001) DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2001.111422 Copyright © 2001 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 Kaplan-Meier estimated overall survival after the lateral tunnel Fontan operation. Error bars indicate the lower 95% confidence interval. Numbers of patients at risk are shown in parentheses. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2001 121, 28-41DOI: (10.1067/mtc.2001.111422) Copyright © 2001 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig. 2 Kaplan-Meier estimated overall freedom from failure after the lateral tunnel Fontan operation. “Failure” includes death, takedown, and heart transplantation. Error bars indicate the lower 95% confidence interval. Numbers of patients at risk are shown in parentheses. The dashed line represents the Kaplan-Meier estimate of freedom from Fontan failure after Fontan operations performed between 1973 and 1984 in our institution, before the introduction of the lateral tunnel modification (data previously published by Gentles and associates10). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2001 121, 28-41DOI: (10.1067/mtc.2001.111422) Copyright © 2001 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig. 3 Kaplan-Meier estimated overall freedom from new SVT after the lateral tunnel Fontan operation. New SVT is defined as postoperative occurrence of SVT excluding patients who had preoperative SVT. Error bars indicate the lower 95% confidence interval. Numbers of patients at risk are shown in parentheses. The dashed line represents the Kaplan-Meier estimate of freedom from atrial flutter after a Fontan operation with direct atriopulmonary anastomosis in patients operated on between 1973 and 1989 in our institution (data previously published by Fishberger and associates12). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2001 121, 28-41DOI: (10.1067/mtc.2001.111422) Copyright © 2001 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig. 4 Kaplan-Meier estimated freedom from new bradyarrhythmia after the lateral tunnel Fontan operation. New bradyarrhythmia is defined as postoperative occurrence of bradyarrhythmia excluding patients who had preoperative bradyarrhythmia. Error bars indicate the lower 95% confidence interval. Numbers of patients at risk are shown in parentheses. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2001 121, 28-41DOI: (10.1067/mtc.2001.111422) Copyright © 2001 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions