Research Article

A Prediction Model for Neonatal Coarctation Repair Involving Fetal and Neonatal Echocardiographic Parameters

Table 1

Cohort characteristics.

Non-neonatal CoA repair (n = 34)Neonatal CoA repair (n = 16) value

Maternal age (years)30.09 ± 5.2830.00 ± 3.830.947
GA at first fetal ECHO suspected as CoA < 28 weeks (n, %)18 (52.94%)13 (81.25%)0.054
GA at third trimester of fetal ECHO (weeks)33.90 ± 3.0532.98 ± 2.960.324
GA at delivery (weeks)38.16 ± 1.6538.16 ± 1.650.182
Gender0.907
 Male (n, %)9 (60.00%)19 (63.33%)
 Female (n, %)6 (40.00%)11 (36.67%)
Birth weight (g)3122.35 ± 591.733373.69 ± 396.510.13
Birth length (cm)50.803 (47.3, 55.0)49.000 (46.0, 51.0)0.117
Age at surgery (days)93.5 (31.0, 207.8)15.5 (9.8, 21.5)0.022
Surgical repair method1
 Extended end-to-end anastomosis (n, %)3 (75.00%)12 (75.00%)
 Patch augmentation (n, %)1 (25.00%)4 (25.00%)
Associated cardiac anomalies
 VSD (n, %)14 (41.18%)14 (87.50%)0.002
 BAV (n, %)2 (5.88%)1 (6.25%)0.959
 PLSVC (n, %)4 (11.76%)4 (25.00%)0.234

GA, gestation age; ECHO, echocardiography; VSD, ventricle septal defect; BAV, bicuspid aortic valve; PLSVC, persistent left superior vena cava.