Children undergoing cardiac surgery for complex cardiac defects show imbalance between pro- and anti-thrombotic activity

Table 1 Clinical diagnosis and underlying surgical procedures

Parameter	TCPC group n	BV repair group n
Underlying diagnosis
Tricuspid atresia	5
Pulmonary atresia with or without VSD	3	6
Complex cardiac malformation	2	2
Palliative operations
Blalock-Taussig shunt	6	5
Glenn operation	3
Other procedures	2	7
Gender
Female	5	6
Male	5	2
	Mean ± SEM	Mean ± SEM
Cardiopulmonary bypass
Bypass time (minutes)	95 ± 13	217 ± 23
Cardiocirculatory arrest (minutes)	58 ± 2	45 ± 9^a
Minimal oesophageal temperature (°C)	14.3 ± 0.5	16.6 ± 1.0
Aortic clamping time (minutes)	70 ± 6	131 ± 10
	Mean ± SEM	Mean ± SEM
Age at operation (months)	34 ± 5	100 ± 19
Weight at operation (kg)	12.4 ± 1.2	23.6 ± 4.1
Preoperative arterial oxygen saturation (percentage)	77 ± 2	86 ± 4
Total number of patients	10	8

^aFour patients. BV, biventricular; SEM, standard error of the mean; TCPC, total cavopulmonary connection; VSD, ventricular septal defect.

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