Research Article
Novel Echocardiographic Metrics Predict Tricuspid Insufficiency in Pediatric Ebstein Anomaly
Table 1
Baseline characteristics.
| Variables | Values |
| Age (months), median (IQR) | 39.9 (23.4–86.4) | Male, n (%) | 27 (36.5) | Weight (kg), median (IQR) | 14.85 (11–25) | Height (cm), median (IQR) | 96 (85–122) | BSA (m2), median (IQR) | 0.59 (0.47–0.88) | ASD, n (%) | 41 (55.4) | VSD, n (%) | 8 (10.8) | Left ventricular ejection fraction (%), mean ± SD | 70.8 ± 7.9 | Z-score of the tricuspid annulus diameter, median (IQR) | 7.3 (3.7–9.9) | RV FAC (%), median (IQR) | 46.0 (40.1–50.8) | ALM (degrees), mean ± SD | 43.8 ± 12.4 | ALL-I (cm/m2), median (IQR) | 6.1 (4.1–8.1) | Carpentier type, n (%) | | A | 47 (63.5) | B | 26 (35.1) | C | 1 (1.4) | D | 0 (0) | GOSH score, n (%) | | <0.5 | 14 (18.9) | 0.5–0.99 | 45 (60.8) | 1–1.49 | 11 (14.9) | ≥1.5 | 4 (5.4) | Preoperative TR severity, n (%) | | Mild | 4 (5.4) | Mild-moderate | 7 (9.5) | Moderate | 25 (33.8) | Moderate-severe | 16 (21.6) | Severe | 22 (29.7) |
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Abbreviations: ALM, anterior leaflet mobility; ALL-I, anterior leaflet length indexed to body surface area; ASD, atrial septal defect; BSA, body surface area; RV FAC, right ventricle fractional area change; TR, tricuspid regurgitation; VSD, ventricular septal defect.
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