Table 1

Baseline characteristics

Systemic RV
All (n=162)
CCTGA
(n=41)
TGA after atrial switch (n=121)P value
Age in years (mean, SD)28.8 (4.6)28.0 (5.9)29.1 (4.0)0.22
Living in an emerging country15 (9.2)8 (19.5)7 (5.8)0.02
Primigravida86 (52.8)22 (53.7)64 (52.9)1.00
Current smoking7 (5.0)2 (5.4)5 (5.0)1.00
Prior diabetes mellitus2 (1.2)0 (0)2 (1.7)1.00
Prior hypertension2 (1.2)1 (2.4)1 (0.8)0.43
Signs of heart failure before pregnancy8 (4.9)3 (7.3)5 (4.1)0.42
Cardiac medication before pregnancy53 (32.5)16 (39.0)37 (30.6)0.34
Systemic RV dilatation41 (25.3)13 (31.7)28 (23.1)0.30
Systemic RV ejection fraction <40%44 (27.0)9 (22.0)35 (28.9)0.42
Pulmonary hypertension4 (2.5)1 (2.4)3 (2.5)0.99
  • Values are n (%) if not otherwise stated. P value for comparison between CCTGA and TGA.

  • CCTGA, congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries; RV, right ventricle.