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Table 3 The pooled rate of severe intra-operative, postoperative and follow-up complications

From: A meta-analysis of perventricular device closure of doubly committed subarterial ventricular septal defects

Pooled events

Events(n)

%

Included studies

Incidence(95%CI)

Heterogeneity(I2)

p

Intra-operative severe complications

53

100

9

0.106 (0.073–0.140)

70.7

0.208

newly aortic regurgitation

22

47.83

8

0.049 (0.014–0.84)

70.5

0,001

significant residual shunt

13

28.26

8

0.016 (0.003–0.029)

16.3

0.302

device mal-position

8

17.39

8

0.000(−0.001–0.001)

16.4

0.301

failure in establishing track

3

6.52

8

0.000(−0.001–0.001)

0.0

0.871

severe arrhythmias

0

0.00

9

0.000 (0.000–0.000)

0.0

1.000

Post-operative severe complications

4

100.00

9

0.000(−0.001–0.001)

0.0

0.847

Occluder dislocation

2

50.00

9

0.000(−0.001–0.001)

0.0

0.979

Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction

1

25.00

9

0.000(−0.001–0.001)

0.0

0.998

wound infection requiring reoperation

1

25.00

9

0.000(−0.001–0.001)

0.0

0.998

Mild to significant aortic reguriation

0

0.00

9

0.000 (0.000–0.000)

0.0

1.000

Mild to significant tricuspid regurgitation

0

0.00

9

0.000 (0.000–0.000)

0.0

1.000

Severe arrhythmias

0

0.00

9

0.000 (0.000–0.000)

0.0

1.000

Follow-up severe complications

0

0.00

9

0.000 (0.000–0.000)

0.0

1.000

Severe arrhythmias

0

0.00

9

0.000 (0.000–0.000)

0.0

1.000

Mild to significant aortic reguriation

0

0.00

9

0.000 (0.000–0.000)

0.0

1.000

Mild to significant tricuspid regurgitation

0

0.00

9

0.000 (0.000–0.000)

0.0

1.000

Mild to significant residual shunt

0

0.00

9

0.000 (0.000–0.000)

0.0

1.000