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. 2013 Dec 19;2(6):e000424. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.113.000424

Table 4.

Differences in Patients Weighing <6 kg

Characteristics <6 kg (n=37) ≥6 kg (n=459) P Value
Any coil intervention 5 (14) 153 (33) 0.01
Any device intervention 32 (86) 306 (67) 0.02
Diagnosis
Isolated PDA 22 (59) 423 (92) <0.001
Pulmonary hypertension 4 (11) 2 (<1)
Intracardiac disease and PDA 11 (30) 34 (7)
Genetic syndrome 14 (38) 51 (11) <0.001
Spontaneous respiration 5 (14) 166 (36) 0.004
Case duration, min 84 [67, 105] (22, 298) 63 [50, 81] (16, 295) <0.001
Contrast dose, mL/kg 6.3 [4.6, 8.2] (0.0, 11.7) 3.4 [2.3, 4.4] (0.0, 14.7) <0.001
Minimum lumen diameter of PDA (n=132, 330) 2.8 [2.0, 3.5] (1.0, 5.0) 2.0 [1.6, 3.0] (0.5, 12.0) 0.004
Any adverse event 9 (27%) 37 (8%) 0.002

Number (%) or median [IQR] (range). PDA indicates patent ductus arteriosus.