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Table 1 Preoperative patient characteristics

From: Ministernotomy approach for modified Blalock-Taussig shunts in neonates: a feasibility study

Variable

Number (percentage)

(Total number = 50)

Demographics

 Male

21 (42%)

 Female

29 (58%)

Preoperative diagnosis

 PA-IVS

18 (36%)

 PA-VSD

15 (30%)

 TGA, VSD, PS

5 (10%)

 Tricuspid atresia

9 (18%)

 TOF/DORV

3 (6%)

  1. PA pulmonary atresia, IVS intact interventricular septum, VSD ventricular septal defect, TGA transposition of great arteries, PS pulmonary stenosis, TOF tetralogy of Fallot, DORV double outlet right ventricle