FACTORS INFLUENCING SURVIVAL IN TOTAL ANOMALOUS PULMONARY VENOUS DRAINAGE

Surgical repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage was perfo rmed on 20 patients in 1977-1986. In univariate and multivariate and s urvival-curve analyses of clinical, anatomic and haemodynamic features , elevated diastolic pulmonary artery pressure was the only parameter prognostic of total mortality. The early mortality rate was 25% and th e 5-year survival was 65 +/- 10.6%. Anastomotic stenosis occurred in f our patients, three of whom underwent reoperation; one patient was twi ce operated on for such stenosis.