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Table 3 Quantitative Vortex Parameters of Controls and Fontan patients

From: Visualization of the intracavitary blood flow in systemic ventricles of Fontan patients by contrast echocardiography using particle image velocimetry

Variables

Fontan Patients (n = 8)

Controls (n = 15)

pvalue

VD

0.484 ± 0.122

0.395 ± 0.111

0.111

VS

0.016 ± 0.109

0.031 ± 0.106

0.766

VL

0.513 ± 0.097

0.651 ± 0.125

0.010

VW

0.320 ± 0.067

0.276 ± 0.044

0.014

SI

1.661 ± 0.481

2.412 ± 0.626

0.005

RS

0.778 ± 0.334

1.903 ± 0.471

0.0001

VRS

0.188 ± 0.134

0.433 ± 0.141

0.001

VPC

0.269 ± 0.258

-0.221 ± 0.879

0.050

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Cardiovascular Ultrasound

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