Primary versus staged repair of Fallot with borderline pulmonary artery anatomy

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Table 4 Pre-discharge echocardiographic data.

	Group A (n = 120)	Group B (n = 100)	p value
Pulmonary regurgitation
No–mild	64 (53.3%)	50 (50%)
Moderate	43 (35.8%)	40 (40%)
Severe	13 (10.8%)	10 (10%)	0.835
PG across RVOT
Range	15–40	10–40
Mean ± SD	21 ± 3.3	22 ± 5.2	0.085
Residual VSD (< 3 mm)	7 (5.8%)	4 (4%)	0.758
Pericardial effusion Surgical evacuation of PE	8 (6.7%) 0	11 (11%) 3 (3%)	0.336 0.092

(Continuous variables are presented as mean, standard deviation, and range and categorical data as number and percent) (PE pericardial effusion, PG pressure gradient, RVOT right ventricular outflow tract, VSD ventricular septal defect)