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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 23.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2008 Feb;121(2):317–325. doi: 10.1542/peds.2007-1583

Table 1. Clinical Characteristics of Study Patients.

Patients, n 25
Paired studies, n 31
Age at catheterization, median (range), mo 10.2 (0.4–22.4)
Gender, male/female, n 11/14
Gestational age at birth, median (range), wk 28 (23–41)
Disease, n (%)
 BPD (n = 17) 22 (70)
 CDH (n = 4) 5 (16)
 Pulmonary hypoplasia (n = 4) 4 (13)
Hospitalized at time of cardiac catheterization, n (%) 21 (68)
Mechanical ventilation at study, n (%) 16 (52)
Cardiac shunts present at study, n (%) 18 (58)
 Atrial shunt 16 (52)
 Ventricular septal defect 2 (6)
Aortopulmonary collateral vessels, n (%) 14 (45)
 Coil-treated at time of study 3 (10)
Medications at study, n (%) 27 (87)
 Oxygen 27 (87)
 Calcium channel blocker 2 (6)
 Sildenafil 3 (10)
 Bosentan 2 (6)
 Nitric oxide 10 (32)
 Epoprostenol 2 (6)
Sedation for cardiac catheterization, conscious/general anesthesia, n 6/25