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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 27.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2012 Jan 3;109(7):1038–1045. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.040

Table 4.

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging flow data

Fontan Pre-Fontan p Value
Superior vena cava flow (L/min/m2) 0.9 ± 0.3 (n =61) 1.94 ± 0.85 (n=38) <0.0001
Inferior vena cava flow (L/min/m2) 1.55 ± 0.5 (n =58) 1.41 ± 0.57 (n=36) 0.20
Systemic blood flow (total caval flow) 2.4 ± 0.63 (n=78) 3.5 ± 1.01 (n=36) <0.0001
Inferior vena cava flow/total caval flow 0.63 ± 0.11 0.42 ± 0.14 <0.0001
Descending aorta flow (L/min/m2) 1.64 ± 0.49 (n=45) 1.24 ± 0.4 (n =29) 0.001
Ascending aorta flow (L/min/m2) 2.92 ± 0.7 (n =78) 4.67 ± 1.32 (n=38) <0.0001
Branch PA flow
 Right (L/min/m2) 1.44 ± 0.5 (n =55) 1.33 ± 0.51 (n=32) 0.34
 Left (L/min/m2) 0.97 ± 0.4 (n =62) 0.73 ± 0.35 (n=32) 0.009
 Right/(right + left) 0.6 ± 0.1 0.64 ± 0.14 0.14