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Table 3 Outcomes of patch repair

From: Equine pericardium: a versatile alternative reconstructive material in congenital cardiac surgery

 

Number of cases with EP

Number of cases with BP

P value

Recurrent stenosis

 Main pulmonary artery

3

2

 

 Pulmonary artery branches

0

1

 

 Aorta

2

0

0.26

 Pulmonary veins

1

0

 Residual VSD

0

1

 Need for catheter intervention

1

1

Mortality

Total No.

5 (8.6%)

1 (1.88%)

0.11

Causes of death

Intracranial hemorrhage (1)

RV failure (1)

 

Pulmonary hemorrhage (1)

Respiratory failure (2)

Low cardiac output (1)