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Table 4 Estimated fetal weight and biological parameters: Comparison between the affected fetuses with different degrees of tricuspid regurgitation 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)

RVCO/EFW

(mL/min/kg)

RVCO/HC

(mL/min/cm)

RVCO/AC

(mL/min/cm)

RVCO/FL

(mL/min/cm)

Control

151

30.16 ± 3.85

207.01 ± 31.59

11.30 ± 4.02

11.92 ± 3.86

54.84 ± 18.43

HLHS-mild TR

29

29.43 ± 3.64

280.00 ± 63.62*

13.70 ± 3.32*

14.62 ± 3.58*

63.24 ± 13.90*

HLHS-severe TR

10

28.61 ± 2.60

224.32 ± 61.64# (P = 0.013)

10.85 ± 3.16# (P = 0.006)

11.66 ± 3.23# (P = 0.015)

53.59 ± 15.66# (P = 0.008)

  1. Abbreviations: HLHS hypoplastic left heart syndrome, TR tricuspid regurgitation, RVCO right ventricular cardiac output, EFW estimated fetal weight, HC head circumference, AC abdominal circumference, FL femur length
  2. * P < 0.001 vs. control group, after adjusting for gestational age; # P < 0.05 vs. HLHS-mild TR, after adjusting for gestational age
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