Long-term Survival After Single-ventricle Palliation

Karolinska University Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Heart Defects, Congenital

Treatments: Procedure: Single-ventricle palliation surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03356574

Single-ventricle survival

Details and patient eligibility

About

A nationwide observational study. Children operated with single-ventricle palliation between January 1994 and December 2017 operated in Sweden will be included retrospectively. Patients born with a functionally single ventricle but not undergoing surgery will not be included. Data regarding preoperative clinical characteristics and operative details will be obtained by medical records review and from The Swedish Registry of Congenital Heart Disease (SWEDCON). Using unique personal identity numbers assigned to all residents of Sweden, data from SWEDCON will be linked with dates of death.

Enrollment: 800 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Operated with single-ventricle palliation between January 1994 and May 2017 in Sweden.

Exclusion criteria

• None.