Mixed Venous Oxygen Saturation Monitoring After Stage 1 Palliation for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Goal-directed therapy with Svo2 as an indicator of systemic oxygen delivery is associated with excellent early survival and a low incidence of organ failure after S1P. Inability to optimize Svo2 in the early postoperative period is associated with an increased risk of organ failure, ECMO, and death.