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. 2012 Aug 15;2012:592403. doi: 10.1155/2012/592403

Table 2.

Echocardiographic data before and after prenatal pulmonary valvuloplasty for PA/CS-IVS.

Case CHD GA at diagnosis/
at FCI, weeks
Before FCI After FCI Outcome
At 2-4 weeks At 6–8 weeks
z-score RV/LV ratio Flow z-score RV/LV ratio Flow z-score RV/LV ratio Flow
TV PV PA AD DV TR TR, m/s TV PV PA AD DV TR TR, m/s TV PA PA AD DV TR TR, m/s
1 CS-IVS 23/25 −0.6 −2.4 2.3 0.67 Rv Rv Sv 2.4 1.0 −1.4 1.6 0.64 At At Sv 2 1.5 1.5 1.0 0.71 Rv Rv Not Sv 2.8 Alive and well
Biventricular circulation
2 CS-IVS 22/25 −1.0 0.2 1.7 0.44 Rv Rv Sv 3.1 −1.6 −0.2 0.7 0.56 At At Not Sv 1.5 −1.7 0.9 2.5 0.56 At Ab/Rv Not Sv 2.8 Postnatal death
3 CS-IVS 21/26 −0.3 −3.4 −0.9 0.53 Rv Rv Sv 2 0.1 −1.9 −0.7 0.54 Mx Rv Sv 2 −3.4 −3.6 −1.2 0.57 Mx Rv Not Sv 2 Postnatal death
4 PA-IVS 21/24 −4.4 −1.9 −0.9 0.51 Rv Rv Sv 1.5 −1.6 0.0 −1.5 0.63 Mx Rv Sv 2.4 −2.7 −1.4 −0.9 0.52 Mx Rv Sv 1.4 Alive and well One
and a half ventricle repair

CHD: congenital heart defect; GA: gestational age; FCI: fetal cardiac intervention; TV: tricuspid valve; PV: pulmonary valve; PA: pulmonary artery; RV/LV ratio: ratio between the length of both ventricles, measured in early systole in the four-chamber view; AD: arterial duct; DV: ductus venosus; TR: tricuspid regurgitation (it was considered severe—Sv—if it was of holosystolic, reaching the wall of the right atrium. Otherwise, it was considered not severe—Not Sv); Rv: reversed; At: antegrade; Mx: mixed; Ab: absent.