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Infants undergoing catheter-based procedures were younger in age (median 32 days; inter-quartile range (IQR) 7\u2013144 versus 210 days; IQR 158\u2013250), with lower baseline saturation (65 \u00b1 12% versus 87 \u00b1 7%) and had smaller pulmonary artery\n                      <jats:italic>z<\/jats:italic>\n                      -scores compared to the complete repair cohort. Follow-up was available for 31\/33 (94%) infants (median 7 months [IQR 4\u201311]) who underwent trans-catheter palliation; 12 underwent complete repair, 10 are well, awaiting repair, eight required further palliation (catheter: 6; surgical: 2), and one died post-discharge from non-cardiac causes.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S1047951120002334_as4\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Catheter-based palliation is a safe and effective alternative in infants with tetralogy of Fallot who are at high risk for primary surgical repair.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/s1047951120002334","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,8,10]],"date-time":"2020-08-10T06:22:04Z","timestamp":1597040524000},"page":"1469-1472","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Catheter-based palliation for infants with tetralogy of 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