Long-Term Survival After Single-Ventricle Palliation: A Swedish Nationwide Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Long-term survival after single-ventricle palliation and the effect of dominant ventricle morphology in large, unselected series of patients are scarcely reported.

Methods and results

This nationwide cohort study included all children undergoing operation with single-ventricle palliation during their first year of life in Sweden between January 1994 and December 2019. Data were obtained from institutional records and assessment of underlying cardiac anomaly and dominant ventricular morphology was based on complete review of medical records, surgical reports, and echocardiographic examinations. Data on vital status and date of death were retrieved from the Swedish Cause of Death Register, allowing for complete data on survival. Among 766 included patients, 333 pati

SUBMITTER: Dalen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11010024 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature