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Table 1 CHD children’ medical characteristics

From: Health-related quality of life in children with congenital heart disease aged 5 to 7 years: a multicentre controlled cross-sectional study

Variables

  

N (%)

ACC-CHD classification

1

Heterotaxy

2 (2)

 

2

Anomalies of venous return

5 (4)

 

3

Anomalies of the atria and interatrial communications

16 (13)

 

4

Anomalies of the atrioventricular junctions and valves

6 (5)

 

5

Complex anomalies of the atrioventricular connections

2 (2)

 

6

Functionally univentricular hearts

3 (2)

 

7

Ventricular septal defects (VSD)

32 (26)

 

8.1

Transposition of the great arteries

7 (6)

 

8.3

Tetralogy of fallot

12 (10)

 

8.4

Anomalies of the intra-pericardial arterial trunks

3 (2)

 

8.5

Aortic valve stenosis. Shone syndrome

14 (11)

 

8.6

Pulmonary valve stenosis

8 (6)

 

9

Anomalies of the extra-pericardial arterial trunks

11 (9)

 

10

Congenital anomalies of the coronary arteries

3 (2)

Bethesda severity classification

Low

58 (47)

 

Moderate

49 (40)

 

Severe

17 (13)

Ross classification

Ross class I

112 (91)

 

Ross class II

11 (9)

 

Ross class III

0 (0)

 

Ross class IV

0 (0)

Prognostic classification

Level 1

3 (2)

 

Level 2

59 (48)

 

Level 3

24 (19)

 

Level 4

28 (23)

 

Level 5

8 (6)

 

Level 6

2 (2)

 

Level 7

0 (0)

Age at CHD diagnosis

Prenatal

36 (32)

 

Postnatal

75 (68)

Cardiac surgery

Yes

58 (47)

 

No

65 (52)

Number of cardiac surgical procedures

1

47 (81)

 

2

9 (16)

 

 ≥ 3

2 (3)

Cardiac catheter

Yes

29 (24)

 

No

94 (76)

Number of cardiac catheter procedures

1

25 (86)

 

2

4 (14)

Cardiac device

Pacemaker or implantable defibrillator

1 (1)

 

Mechanical valve

0 (0)

Cardiac treatment

Yes

16 (13)

 

No

108 (87)

Pulmonary arterial hypertension

Yes

4 (3)

 

No

119 (97)

Right ventricular hypertension

Yes

2 (2)

 

No

121 (98)

Normal left ventricle ejection fraction

Yes

95 (93)

 

No

7 (7)

  1. Values are N (%)
  2. ACC-CHD anatomic and clinical classification of congenital heart disease, CHD congenital heart disease