Demographic data and patient characteristics
| All patients | HLTx | LTx | |
| All | 63 (100) | 57 (90.5) | 6 (9.5) |
| Sex (male) | 26 (41.3) | 24 (42.1) | 2 (33.3) |
| Cardiac diagnosis | 5 (7.9) | 3 (5.3) | 2 (33.3) |
| Simple pre-tricuspid | 34 (54.0) | 31 (54.4) | 3 (50.0) |
| Complex | 24 (38.1) | 23 (40.3) | 1 (16.7) |
| Down syndrome | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Age at ES diagnosis (years) | 16.0 (8.3–26.5) | 16.0 (9.0–24.3) | 19.5 (4.0–33.8) |
| Previous cardiac surgery | 10 (15.9) | 9 (15.8) | 1 (16.7) |
| Pre-transplantation evaluation | |||
| Right heart catheterisation | |||
| PVR, WU | 18.5 (12.3–28.7) | 18.0 (12.2–29.0) | 20.0 (13.1–20.0) |
| PAPs/PAPd/PAPm | 111.5/54.0/81.5 | 115.0/58.0/84.5 | 100.0/48.0/64.5 |
| SAT at rest (%) | 82.0 (75.0–88.0) | 81.0 (74.0–85.0) | 88.5 (76.5–91.2) |
| 6MWD (m) | 290 (170–340) | 320 (175–345) | 164 (34.3–233.8) |
| SAT during exercise (%) | 64.0 (56.0–70.0) | 63.0 (53.5–70.5) | 68.0 (67.0–68.0) |
| Blood tests | |||
| Creatinine (μmol/L) | 81.5 (72.0–95.0) | 83.5 (73.5–95.8) | 74.5 (59.3–91.3) |
| Haematocrit | 0.60 (0.50–0.65) | 0.60 (0.51–0.65) | 0.42 (0.39–0.63) |
| Haemoglobin (g/L) | 174 (150–201) | 174 (150–203) | 156 (140–211) |
Values are presented as n (%) or as median (IQR).
HLTx, heart–lung transplantation; LTx, lung transplantation; 6MWD, 6 min walking distance; PAPd, diastolic pulmonary artery pressure; PAPm, mean pulmonary artery pressure; PAPs, systolic pulmonary artery pressure; PVR, pulmonary vascular resistance; SAT, oxygen saturation; WU, Wood units.