Impact of the Tricuspid Valve Detachment Technique on Hard-to-Expose Ventricular Septal Defect Closure

Table 1

Preoperative variables.

Variables	TVD group (n = 17)	Non-TVD group (n = 158)	value
Age (months)	10 (3–47)	4 (2–12)	0.098
Weight (kg)	7.1 (4.8–14.4)	5.4 (4.2–7.3)	0.096
Sex			0.722
Male	8 (47)	81 (51)
Female	9 (53)	77 (49)
Qp/Qs	2.0 (1.6–2.6)	2.4 (1.8–3.4)	0.588
TR > mild	6 (35)	15 (9.4)	0.012

Continuous data are presented as medians (interquartile ranges), and categorical data are shown as numbers (%). Qp/Qs, ratio of pulmonary to systemic blood flow; TR, tricuspid valve regurgitation; TVD, tricuspid valve detachment.