The coronary reimplantation after neoaortic reconstruction technique can make a difference in arterial switch operation

Table 1 Characteristics of the patients

Variables	OCR (n = 72)	CRANR (n = 164)	p-value
Male	57 (79.2)	112 (68.3)	0.088
Age (days)	23.4 ± 28.5	12.1 ± 16.5	0.002
Body weight (kg,)	3.5 ± 0.7	3.4 ± 0.5	0.055
Diagnosis			0.136
TGA-IVS	35 (48.6)	85 (51.8)
TGA-VSD	20 (27.8)	43 (26.2)
TGA-VSD-AA	6 (8.3)	4 (2.4)
TB	6 (8.3)	9 (5.5)
TB-AA	5 (6.9)	23 (14.0)
GA relationship (AP)	60 (83.3)	123 (76.9)	0.265
AA	11 (15.3)	27 (16.5)	0.820
VSD	37 (51.4)	79 (48.2)	0.649
CA
Usual	44 (61.1)	110 (67.1)	0.376
Unusual	28 (38.9)	54 (32.9)	0.376
Intramural	9 (12.5)	7 (4.3)	0.021
Retropulmonary	15 (20.8)	40 (24.4)	0.552
CPB time (min)	243.4 ± 64.6	223.6 ± 47.8	0.022
ACC time (min)	129.2 ± 38.7	138.6 ± 31.8	0.053

Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation or n (%)
AA arch anomaly, ACC aortic cross clamp, AP antero-posterior, CA coronary artery, CPB cardiopulmonary bypass, CRANR coronary reimplantation after neoaortic reconstruction, GA great artery, OCR open coronary reimplantation, TB Taussig-Bing anomaly, TB-AA Taussig-Bing anomaly with arch anomaly, TGA-IVS transposition of the great arteries with intact ventricular septum, TGA-VSD transposition of the great arteries with ventricular septal defect, TGA-VSD-AA transposition of the great arteries with ventricular septal defect and arch anomaly, VSD ventricular septal defect

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