Impact of Gestational Age on Surgical Outcomes in Patients With Functionally Single Ventricle

BackgroundYounger gestational age (GA) is known to be associated with worse outcomes after congenital cardiac surgery. We sought to determine the impact of GA on surgical outcomes of single-ventricle palliation.MethodsAmong the 284 patients with functionally single ventricle who were born between January 2005 and December 2014, 50 neonates were born prematurely (GA < 37 weeks) and 113 neonates in the early term period (37 weeks ≤ GA < 39 weeks)....