Table 1

Diagnosis, type of operation, sex and age at operation of the 18 infants and children studied

Patient number (sex)
Diagnosis
Type of operation
Age (months)

1 (female)
ASD II
Closure
55
2 (female)
ASD II, AP window
Closure, transaortic patch
8
3 (male)
PA + IVS, PDA, AS
Valvulotomy of PV and AV, closure of PDA, AP shunt
2
4 (female)
VSD, PAB
Closure, debanding
42
5 (male)
VSD
Closure
19
6 (male)
SAS
Resection
182
7 (female)
VSD
Closure
30
8 (female)
VSD
Closure
24
9 (male)
Fallot, ASD II
Correction*
16
10 (male)
VSD, SAS, pulmonary hypertension
Closure, resection
15
11 (male)
VSD, PAB, corrected CoA
Closure, debanding
16
12 (female)
Fallot, FO
Correction
30
13 (female)
ASD II, CCAVB
Closure
24
14 (male)
Fallot, BTA
Correction, BTA closure
18
15 (male)
Fallot
Correction
10
16 (male)
Fallot (VACTERL)
Correction
20
17 (female)
Fallot
Correction
17
18 (male)
SAS
Resection
185

*Second cardiopulmonary bypass run because of a residual shunt. Resternotomy because of bleeding. AP = aortopulmonary; AS = aortic valve stenosis; ASD II, secundum atrioventricular defect; AV = aortic valve; BTA = Blalock-Taussig anastomosis; CCAVB = congenital complete atrioventricular block; CoA = coarctation of the aorta; Fallot = tetralogy of Fallot; FO = foramen ovale; IVS = intact ventricular septum; PA = pulmonary atresia; PAB = pulmonary artery banding; PDA = persistent ductus arteriosus; PV = pulmonary valve; SAS = subaortic stenosis; VACTERL = association of vertebral, anal, cardiac, tracheoesophageal, renal and limb defects; VSD = ventricular septal defect.

Trotter et al. Critical Care 2001 5:343   doi:10.1186/cc1067