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A population-based prospective evaluation of risk of sudden cardiac death after operation for common congenital heart defects

^a Congenital Heart Disease Research Center Divisions of Pediatric Cardiology and Medical Informatics and Clinical Outcomes, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA

View larger version (28K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Documented or probable etiologies of death among the 41 patients who died suddenly (arrhythmia [hatched bars], circulatory [open bars], congestive heart failure [solid bars]). The anatomic diagnoses of the other patients were pulmonary stenosis in one patient, ventricular septal defect in one and AV septal defect in two.

View larger version (12K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Actuarial probability of SCD-free survival after surgical treatment of cyanotic congenital heart defects.

View larger version (11K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 Actuarial probability of SCD-free survival after surgical treatment of left heart obstructive lesions.