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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Child Neurol. 2010 May 25;25(9):1110–1115. doi: 10.1177/0883073810371003

Table 5.

Cardiac Function versus Pulmonary Function

Sibship Number Patient Cardiac Function Pulmonary Function Shortening Fraction (%)
Discordant Sibships by Cardiac Function
1 ** 1 Best Worst 30
2 Best Best 36
3 Worst Best 21*
2 1 Worst Best 16*
2 Best Worst 36
7 1 Best Poor 31
2 Worst Poor 8*
Concordant Sibships by Cardiac Function
4 1 Poor Better 16*
2 Poor Better 22*
5 1 Poor Poor 11*
2 Poor Poor 15*
8 1 Poor Poor 28*
2 Poor Poor 25*
*

patient meets criterion for dilated cardiomyopathy

**

numbered identically to the sibships in Tables 14