Table 1

Patient characteristics and diagnosis

Variables
Survivors
Non survivors
Total

Male
15
14
29
Female
14
10
24
Median Age
142 days
180 days
-
Median Weight
6 kg
5.2 kg
-
Mean duration of ECMO
94 hr
164 hr
-

Anatomical Diagnosis

Tetralogy of Fallot's (TOF)
4
5
16
TOF with additional lesionsa
2
5

Transposition of great arteries (TGA)
5
2
10
TGA with additional lesionsb
1
2

Ventricular septal defects (VSD)
2
1
6
VSD with additional lesions c
2
1

Total anomalus pulmonary venous drainage
2
2
4
Atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD)
2
2
4
Truncus arteriosus
3
1
4
Single ventricle heart
2
1
3
Other diagnosisd
4
2
6

"a" – Absent pulmonary valve, pulmonary atresia, right pulmonary artery stenosis, left pulmonary artery stenosis, pulmonary artery stenosis with bilateral aortopulmonary collaterals, multiple VSD, anomalus left anterior descending artery (LAD)

"b" – ASD and VSD, AVSD with hypoplastic arch, VSD with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO)

"c" – Coarctation of aorta, right ventricular outflow tract obstruction, ASD with bilateral superior vena cava

"d" – LVOTO, LVOTO with interrupted arch, pulmonary atresia with Ebstein anomaly, double outlet right ventricle with pulmonary atresia, anomalous LAD with myocardial infraction, pulmonary regurgitation with tricuspid anomaly

Balasubramanian et al. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2007 2:4   doi:10.1186/1749-8090-2-4