Research Article

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

Table 3

Neonatal echocardiographic measurements and quantitative findings.

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

MV Z-score−3.11 ± 2.14−2.80 ± 2.240.634
TV Z-score−1.42 ± 1.94−1.13 ± 1.310.592
RV width (mm)12.09 ± 2.9412.81 ± 2.820.417
LV width (mm)11.56 (9.5, 14.2)11.46 (9.6, 14.0)0.967
AAo Z-score−1.92 ± 2.01−3.29 ± 1.810.025
AoI Z-score−2.64 ± 1.92−4.37 ± 1.900.004
DTAA (mm)3.15 (2.8, 4.1)2.40 (1.9, 3.1)0.004
DAO Z-score2.98 (0.1, 4.4)0.84 (0.0, 2.6)0.301
PDA (mm)3.05 ± 1.203.63 ± 1.380.137
Shunt direction across PDA0.019
 Mostly left to right (n, %)13 (38.24%)1 (6.25%)
 Mostly right to left (n, %)21 (61.76%)15 (93.75%)
LCSA (mm)2.60 (1.9, 3.9)4.20 (2.8, 5.8)0.011
EF (%)70.05 (60.5, 75.3)71.50 (59.1, 78.0)0.983
Ratio
 MV/TV0.893 (0.8, 1.0)0.908 (0.8, 1.0)0.959
 RV/LV1.004 (0.9, 1.2)1.046 (0.9, 1.3)0.377
 CSAi > 0.7 (n, %)11 (32.35%)10 (62.50%)0.044
 AoI/PDA0.986 (0.7, 1.5)0.700 (0.4, 1.1)0.023

MV, mitral valve; TV, tricuspid valve; RV, right ventricle; LV, left ventricle; MPA, main pulmonary artery; AAo, ascending aorta; AoV, aortic valve; AoI, aortic isthmus; SAG, sagittal view; 3VT, three vessel tracheal view; DA, ductus arteriosus; DTAA, distal transverse aortic arch; PDA, patent ductus arteriosus; LCSA, the distance between the left common carotid artery and left subclavian artery; EF, ejection fraction; CSAi, carotid-subclavian artery index; AAo-DAo angle, ascending aorta-descending aorta angle; TAo-DAo angle, transverse aortic arch-descending aorta angle; DAO, descending aorta.