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Table 3 Cut-off point of device diameter to weight ratio (Ratio = 0.4) was made according to our clinical experience, occurrence rate of procedure-induced (PI)-AR was significant higher in patients with device diameter to weigh ratio > 0.4 in compared with those with ratio ≤ 0.4

From: Minimally invasive perventricular device closure of doubly committed sub-arterial ventricular septal defects: single center long-term follow-up results

Risk factor

Patient number

Without PI-AR (n)

With PI-AR (n)

Risk of PI-AR

P

Device/weight Ratio

≤0.4 (n = 42)

37

5

12 %

0.025

 

>0.4 (n = 33)

22

11

33 %