Table 1

Clinical diagnosis and underlying surgical procedures
Parameter
 TCPC group
n
 BV repair group
n
Underlying diagnosis

     Tricuspid atresia
 5
     Pulmonary atresia with or without VSD
 3
 6
     Complex cardiac malformation
 2
 2
Palliative operations

     Blalock-Taussig shunt
 6
 5
     Glenn operation
 3
     Other procedures
 2
 7
Gender

     Female
 5
 6
     Male
 5
 2


Mean ± SEM
 Mean ± SEM

Cardiopulmonary bypass

     Bypass time (minutes)
 95 ± 13
 217 ± 23
     Cardiocirculatory arrest (minutes)
 58 ± 2
 45 ± 9a
     Minimal oesophageal temperature (°C)
 14.3 ± 0.5
 16.6 ± 1.0
     Aortic clamping time (minutes)
 70 ± 6
 131 ± 10


Mean ± SEM
 Mean ± SEM

Age at operation (months)
 34 ± 5
 100 ± 19
Weight at operation (kg)
 12.4 ± 1.2
 23.6 ± 4.1
Preoperative arterial oxygen saturation (percentage)
 77 ± 2
 86 ± 4
Total number of patients
 10
 8

aFour patients. BV, biventricular; SEM, standard error of the mean; TCPC, total cavopulmonary connection; VSD, ventricular septal defect.

Heying et al. Critical Care 2006 10:R165   doi:10.1186/cc5108