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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of children undergoing congenital heart disease surgery

From: Prognostic value of perioperative NT-proBNP after corrective surgery for pediatric congenital heart defects

Characteristics

ICU stay <=3 days

Type of congenital heart disease

 Ventricular septal defect

163(49.59)

 Atrial septal defect

34(10.47)

 Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

12(3.58)

 Tetralogy of Fallot

24(7.44)

 Transposition of the great arteries

23(6.89)

 Pulmonary atresia

18(5.51)

 Complete atrioventricular septal defect

14(4.13)

 Coarctation

15(4.68)

 Double outlet right ventricle

5(1.65)

 Interrupted aortic arch

2(0.55)

 Pulmonary stenosis

5(1.38)

 Other types of CHD

14(4.13)

NT-proBNP level, pg/ml

 Before surgery

2744.28±5158.85

 1h after surgery

2564.19±4363.56

 12h after surgery

6797.01±6260.35

 36h after surgery

4727.21±4321.34

Gender

 Female

117(35.56)

 Male

212(64.44)

RACHS-1 score

 I/II

251(76.29)

 III/IV

78(23.71)

Age, d

416.93±753.44

Weight, kg

7.05±5.39

Cardiopulmonary bypass time, min

84.87±45.47

Aortic crossclamp time, min

43.66±26.26

  1. Categorical data are showed as n (%) responding group respectively. Continuous variables are showed as mean ± standard deviation. ICU Intensive Care Unit, RACHS-1 Risk Adjustment for Congenital Heart Surgery-1