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Table 5 Follow-up data of women with live births

From: Pregnancy outcomes in patients with a fontan circulation and proposal for a risk-scoring system: single centre experience

 

Initial post-partum follow-up after each pregnancy (n = 13)

Late follow-up, each patient (n = 9)a

Time to follow-up

8 (5–11) weeks

4.8 (3.3–10) years

Functional status

N (%)

N (%)

 NYHA I

5 (38)

2(22)

 NYHA II

6 (46)

5 (56)

 NYHA III

2 (15)

1 (11)

 NYHA IV

0 (0)

1 (11)

Arterial oxygen saturations

 85–89%

3 (23)

2 (22)

 > 90%

10 (77)

7(78)

Post-pregnancy ventricular function

 Good

11 (84)

7(78)

 Mildly impaired

1 (8)

0(0)

 Moderately impaired

1 (8)

1(11)

 Severely impaired

0 (0)

1(11)

Arrhythmias

0 (0)

5(56)

Thromboembolic complications

1 (8)

1(11)

Heart failure

1(8)

1(11)

Failing Fontan

0(0)

2(22)

Conduction disease requiring PPM

0(0)

2(22)

  1. NYHA New York Heart Association classification, PPM permanent pacemaker; aOne patient had no late follow-up data due to very recent pregnancy