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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2011 Jan;24(1):53–59. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.10.015

Table 3.

Core laboratory coronary artery visualization rate by sedation use in patients less than 3 years of age.

CA segment Visualization Rate Odds Ratio for Visualization

Sedation (%) No Sedation (%) Sedation vs. No sedation
(95%) CI P-value
LMCA 99 99 2.57 (0.16, 42.40) 0.51
Proximal LAD 99 95 5.39 (0.96, 30.31) 0.06
Distal LAD 94 82 3.76 (1.50, 9.40) 0.005
Proximal RCA 99 96 2.35 (0.41, 13.56) 0.34
Distal RCA 80 42 5.59 (2.74, 11.41) <.001
Circumflex 90 81 2.03 (0.83, 4.96) 0.12
PD 63 34 3.16 (1.58, 6.33) 0.001

CA: coronary artery; CI: confidence interval; LAD: left anterior descending; LMCA: left main coronary artery; PD: posterior descending; RCA: right coronary artery