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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 14.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2011 May 31;108(4):556–560. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.03.085

Table 1.

Neonatal echocardiographic variables

Variable FAV (n = 18) AS (n = 19) p Value
Aortic valve (cm) 0.56 (0.35–0.83) 0.59 (0.42–0.76) 0.35
Aortic valve z score −2.4 (−4.8 to 0.1) −1.8 (−2.5 to 0.8) 0.25
Mitral valve lateral dimension 0.8 (0.7–1.3) 0.9 (0.8–1.3) 0.14
Mitral valve lateral dimension z score −1.6 (−3.0 to −2.6) −1.2 (−2.5 to 1.9) 0.34
Left ventricular diastolic volume z score −0.8 (−2.6 to 6.6) −1.6 (−2.5 to 2.8) 0.63
Left ventricular long axis dimension z score −0.7 (−2.7 to 1.8) 0.2 (−4.6 to 3.2) 0.06
Left ventricular mass (g) 8.6 (4.1–14.6) 9.0 (4.3–24.4) 0.91
Left ventricular mass z score 0.2 (−2.0 to 1.5) 1.1 (−2.7 to 4.9) 0.19
Left ventricular mass/volume 1.1 (0.8–1.8) 1.2 (0.6–4.6) 0.15
Left ventricular mass/volume z score 1.1 (−0.8 to 6.0) 2.0 (−1.6 to 5.2) 0.19
Left ventricular ejection fraction (%) 40 (18–71) 56 (10–70) 0.03
Peak aortic stenosis gradient (mm Hg) 30 (0–93) 57 (42–111) 0.04
Aortic regurgitation grade 0 (0–3+) 0 (0–2+) 0.78
Endocardial fibroelastosis 17 (94%) 5 (26%) <0.01

Values are expressed as median (range) or number of patients (percentage).