Research Article

[Retracted] The Long-Term Change of Arrhythmias after Transcatheter Closure of Perimembranous Ventricular Septal Defects

Table 1

Demographics and clinical data.

Patients (n)1039
Gender (F/M) (n (%))567/472 (54.6%/45.4%)
Age at operation (years)5.2 (1.9∼17)

Age groups (n (%))
 <5.0 years505 (48.6%)
 5.0∼8.0 years271 (26.1%)
 >8.0 years263 (25.3%)
Weight at operation (kg)18.0 (10∼82)
VSD size (angiography) (mm)3.6 (1.2∼16.0)

pmVSD anatomy types (n (%))
 Inlet septum315 (30.3%)
 Membranous septum674 (64.9%)
 Outlet septum50 (4.8%)
Postsurgical residual VSD (n (%))16 (1.5%)
Presence of aneurysm (n (%))333 (32.1%)
Procedure time (min)80.0 (30.0∼200.0).
Device size (mm)7.0 (4∼18)

Device corporation (n (%))
 AGA Medical130
 Lifetech Scientific909

Type of device (n (%))
 Eccentric256 (24.6%)
 Symmetric concentric593 (57.1%)
 Asymmetrical concentric190 (18.3%)