Title Page
Abstract
Contents
Introduction 8
Abbreviations and Acronyms 9
Materials and Methods 11
Statistical analysis 13
Results 14
1. Study Population and Baseline Diagnoses 14
2. Comparison between the patient group and the control group 14
2-1. Echocardiographic Findings 14
2-2. Comparison of RV-PA Coupling Indices 17
3. Catheterization Data and Surgical Time Metrics 18
4. Clinical Short-term Outcomes 18
5. Analysis of RV-PA Coupling Indices in Relation to Short-Term Surgical Outcomes 18
6. Prognostic factors for Short-Term Outcomes 25
Discussion 28
Limitation 33
Conclusion 35
Reference 36
국문요약 45
Table 1. Comparison of basic characteristics between the patient group and the control group 15
Table 2. Comparison of RV-PA coupling indices between the study group and the control group 19
Table 3. Short-term outcomes of RV-PA conduit change operation 20
Table 4. Univariate logistic regression analyses conducted on various parameters associated with short-term outcomes of the RV-PA conduit change surgery after Rastelli operation. 21
Table 5. Multivariate logistic regression analyses associated with short-term outcomes of the RV-PA conduit change operation. 25
Supplemental table 1. Baseline characteristics of the study group 41
Supplemental table 2. Intraobserver and interobserver reliability test for echocardiographic findings 42
Supplemental table 3. Comparison of RV-PA coupling indices between the patients with favorable and worse short-term surgery outcomes of the RV-PA conduit change operation 44
Figure 1. Comparison of RV-PA indices in relation to short-term outcomes of RV-PA conduit surgery after Rastelli operation. (a) RV area change/RV ESA on duration of ventilator use (p=0.006). (b) RV... 26