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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2017 Apr 12;186:29–33. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.03.027

Table 2.

Echocardiogram findings associated with pulmonary hypertension at 7 days of age and 36 weeks PMA.

7 days of age (n=188) 36 weeks Post-Menstrual Age (n=180)
Research Echo Incidence n (%) Clinical Echo Incidence n (%) Unreported in Clinical Echo n (%) Kappa* Research Echo Incidence n (%) Clinical Echo Incidence n (%) Unreported in Clinical Echo n (%) Kappa*
Cardiac Level or Ductal Shunting 160 (85.1) 168 (89.4) 1(0.5) 0.79 159 (88.3) 152 (84.4) 2 (1.1) 0.74
PDA 68 (36.2) 71 (37.8) 6 (3.2) 0.95 22 (12.2) 27 (15) 15 (8.3) 0.86
ASD/PFO 154 (81.9) 157 (83.5) 6 (3.2) 0.73 140 (77.8) 140 (77.8) 9 (5) 0.80
VSD 5 (2.7) 6 (3.9) 10 (5.3) 0.99 6 (3.3) 7 (3.9) 13 (7.2) 0.99
RA Enlargement 0 2 (1.1) 2 (1.1) 0.98 9 (5) 5 (2.8) 3 (1.7) 0.91
RV Hypertrophy 3 (1.6) 4 (2.1) 48 (25.5) 0.97 5 (2.8) 6 (3.3) 46 (25.6) 0.92
RV Dilation 3 (1.6) 4 (2.1) 3 (1.6) 0.95 16 (8.9) 12 (6.7) 2 (1.1) 0.91
Septal Wall Flattening 59 (31.4) 35 (18.6) 102 (54.3) 0.55 21 (11.7) 24 (13.3) 96 (53.3) 0.86
*

All PABAK values were calculated assuming missing echocardiogram interpretations to be negative or “no”.