Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the study population

Patients Volunteers
Male/female12/94/3
Age (years)26.6 (8.6)26.9 (3.9)
NYHA class I/II13/87/0
ccTGA2
TGA (Mustard or Senning)9
Corrected tetralogy of Fallot10
Pulmonary artery stenosis2
RV systolic pressure (mm Hg)36 to 134
RV EDV/BSA (ml/m2)65.3 (23.3)66.8 (17.6)
  • Values are mean (SD) or n.

  • BSA, body surface area; ccTGA, congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries; EDV, end diastolic volume; NYHA, New York Heart Association; RV, right ventricular; TGA, transposition of the great arteries.