Descriptive and exercise data for patients with right atrium to pulmonary artery connection (RA–PA) and right atrium to right ventricular conduit (RA–RV)
Variable | RA–PA (n=37) | RA–RV (n=15) | p Value |
Sex (male) | 21 (57%) | 6 (40%) | |
Age at test (years) | 26 (18–45) | 29 (18–36) | 0.744 |
Weight (kg) | 65 (42–100) | 61 (41–80) | 0.435 |
Height (cm) | 170 (146–188) | 168 (158–185) | 0.539 |
Age at surgery (years) | 18 (7–36) | 15 (5–27) | 0.100 |
Years since surgery | 9 (1–26) | 12 (1–21) | 0.038 |
Vo 2max (ml/kg/min) | 15.5 (8–25) | 15.0 (11–23) | 0.686 |
Maximum ventilation (l/min) | 49 (24–100) | 47 (29–63) | 0.494 |
Maximum heart rate (beats/min) | 137 (96–194) | 139 (86–179) | 0.645 |
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 152 (30) | 145 (27) | 0.470 |
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 81 (18) | 68 (14) | 0.037 |
FVC (litre) | 3.1 (1.2–5.1) | 3.1 (2.5–5.5) | 0.825 |
FEV1 (litre) | 2.6 (0.9–4.1) | 2.5 (2.0–4.2) | 0.836 |
Values are mean (range), mean (SD), or n (%).