Research Article
A Prediction Model for Neonatal Coarctation Repair Involving Fetal and Neonatal Echocardiographic Parameters
| | Non-neonatal CoA repair (n = 34) | Neonatal CoA repair (n = 16) | value |
| Maternal age (years) | 30.09 ± 5.28 | 30.00 ± 3.83 | 0.947 | 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 ± 3.05 | 32.98 ± 2.96 | 0.324 | GA at delivery (weeks) | 38.16 ± 1.65 | 38.16 ± 1.65 | 0.182 | Gender | | | 0.907 | Male (n, %) | 9 (60.00%) | 19 (63.33%) | | Female (n, %) | 6 (40.00%) | 11 (36.67%) | | Birth weight (g) | 3122.35 ± 591.73 | 3373.69 ± 396.51 | 0.13 | 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 method | | | 1 | 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 |
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GA, gestation age; ECHO, echocardiography; VSD, ventricle septal defect; BAV, bicuspid aortic valve; PLSVC, persistent left superior vena cava.
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