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Table 1 Right ventricular volume and cardiac function parameters: Comparison between affected fetuses with and without visible left ventricular cavity, and gestational age-matched controls

From: Evaluation of right ventricular function in fetal hypoplastic left heart syndrome using spatio-temporal image correlation (STIC)

Group

N

Gestational age (weeks)

RVEDV

(mL)

RVESV

(mL)

RVSV

(mL)

RVCO

(mL/min)

RVEF

(%)

Control

151

30.16 ± 3.85

3.54 ± 1.50

1.33 ± 0.56

2.21 ± 0.97

321.89 ± 142.02

62.31 ± 4.15

HLHS-LV cavity visible

26

29.12 ± 3.54

4.18 ± 1.52*

1.88 ± 0.99*

2.30 ± 0.80*

337.89 ± 113.65*

56.74 ± 11.05*

HLHS-LV cavity invisible

13

29.50 ± 3.20

4.55 ± 1.39*

1.93 ± 0.70*

2.62 ± 0.83*

377.46 ± 124.96*

57.38 ± 6.99*

  1. Abbreviations: HLHS Hypoplastic left heart syndrome, LV left ventricle, RVEDV right ventricular end-diastolic volume, RVESV right ventricular end-systolic volume, RVSV right ventricular stroke volume, RVCO right ventricular cardiac output, RVEF right ventricular ejection fraction
  2. * P < 0.001, vs. control group, after adjusting for gestational age
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