Clinical outcome following total cavopulmonary connection: a 20-year single-centre experience

This study aims to evaluate the clinical outcome following total cavopulmonary connection (TCPC) and to identify factors affecting early and late outcome.Between May 1994 and March 2015, 434 patients underwent TCPC with 50 lateral tunnels and 374 extracardiac conduits. The clinical outcome, exercise capacity and liver examination results were retrospectively reviewed.Thirty-day survival was 98.2%, and the estimated survival rate at 15 years was...