Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of 339 patients undergoing a Mustard or Senning operation

CharacteristicOverall group (n = 339)Mustard (n = 124)Senning (n = 215)
n (%)Median age (Q1–Q3)n (%)Median age (Q1–Q3)n (%)Median age (Q1–Q3)
CoA, coarctation of the aorta; d, day; PS, pulmonary valve stenosis; Q, quartile; VSD, ventricular septal defect; y, year.
Male219 (64.6%)84 (67.7%)135 (62.8%)
Female120 (35.4%)40 (32.3)80 (37.2%)
Cardiac diagnosis
Simple transposition244 (72.0%)89 (71.8%)155 (72.1%
Complex transposition95 (28.0%)35 (28.2%)60 (27.9%)
    –with VSD55 (57.9%)20 (57.1%)35 (58.3%)
    –with congenital PS29 (30.5%)10 (28.6%)19 (31.7%)
    –with CoA15 (15.8%)8 (22.9%)7 (11.7%)
Cardiac interventions
Surgical atrial septectomy (Blalock-Hanlon)69 (20.4%)54 d (21.5 to 120)49 (39.5%)70 d (21 to 153)20 (9.3%)51 d (22 to 63.5)
Balloon atrial septostomy (Rashkind)233 (68.7%)2 d (1 to 7)64 (51.6%)4 d (1.75 to 13.75)169 (78.6%)2 d (1 to 6)
Balloon atrial septostomy redo606
Atrial switch operation124 (36.5%)1.7 y (1.2 to 3.1)215 (63.5%)0.3 y (0.1 to 0.7)
    First redo143
    Second redo2
Conversion from Mustard to Senning3