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. 2018 May 9;39(7):1308–1314. doi: 10.1007/s00246-018-1895-7

Table 2.

Imaging strategy, additional findings and cumulative radiation dose and anaesthetic time prior to first intervention

Age (d) PAs on echo? Imaging 1 Age (d) PAs? Imaging 2 Age (d) PAs? Other findings Imaging 3 Age (d) PAs? Other findings PAs at Surgery? GA (mins) Rad (mGy cm2) Surgery
1 0 Yes Yes 0 0 Shunt to PAs
2 0 Yes Cath 6 Yes Yes 181 78 Shunt to PAs
3 1 No MRI 5 No MRI 79 No + 1 APC Cath 86 No None No 90 141 Shunt to unif.
4 0 Yes MRI 4 Yes Yes 92 0 Shunt to PAs
5 0 Yes MRI 5 Yes Yes 33 0 Shunt to PAs
6 0 No Cath 1 Yes Yes 40 62 Shunt to PAs
7 0 Yes MRI 2 Yes Cath 16 Yes None Yes 114 231 Shunt to PAs
8 0 Yes MRI 19 Yes Cath 34 Yes None Yes 185 172 Shunt to PAs
9 0 Yes Cath 2 Yes Yes 108 122 Shunt to PAs
10 0 Yes MRI 11 No Cath 34 Yes None Yes 91 58 Shunt to PAs
11 94 Yes MRI 96 No No 52 0 Shunt to unif.
12 1 No MRI 6 No Cath 8 Yes + 1 APC Yes 107 158 Shunt to PAs
13 73 Yes MRI 76 Yes Cath 80 Yes + 1 APC Yes 118 47 Shunt to PAs
14 11 Yes MRI 18 No Cath 60 No None CT 85 Yes None No 157 461 Shunt to unif.
15 10 Yes MRI 11 No Cath 17 Yes + 1 APC Yes 174 338 Stent to PDA
16 0 Yes CT 1 Yes Yes 0 66 Shunt to PAs
17 0 Yes MRI 1 No CT 7 No + 2 APCs Cath 13 Yes − 1 APC Yes 130 191 Shunt to PAs
18 23 No CT 24 No Cath 25 Yes PAs Yes 108 238 Conduit to unif.
19 0 Yes Yes 0 0 Shunt to PAs

PAs pulmonary arteries, GA general anaesthetic, Rad radiation dose, Cath catheterisation, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, APC aortopulmonary collaterals, Unif unifocalised collaterals, CT computed tomography, PDA patent arterial duct