Table 4.
List of reports or studies on human embryo collections checked for information on embryonic heart activity (HA).
| Name of Collection, Report |
Number of Embryos |
* Greatest Length or CS of Embryos |
Number of CS-10 Embryos | Greatest Length of CS-10 Embryos (mm) |
Proposed Post-Fertil. Age of CS-10 Embryos (Days) |
Gestational Age of CS-10 Embryos (Days) |
Number of Embryos with HA | * Length or CS of Embryos with HA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnegie-Coll., [108] | 533 | * 1–220 mm | ? | - | - | - | 22 | * 11–96 mm |
| Carnegie-Coll., [109] | 2500 | - | ? | - | - | - | 1 | * 21 mm |
| Carnegie-Coll., [115] | 483 | 6–23 | 11 | 2.16 (mean) | - | - | 0 | - |
| Kyoto-Coll. [64] | 1213 | 12–23 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Kyoto-Coll. [116] | 90 | 7–13 | 8 | 1.5–2.7 | 27 (mean) | 41 (mean) | 0 | - |
| Kyoto-Coll. [117] | 37 | 6–11 | 10 | - | 22–23 | - | 0 | - |
| Edinburgh-Coll., [118] | 310 | 7–23 | 13 | 2.9 ± 0.12 | - | 45.2 ± 1.2 | 0 | - |
| Newcastle-Coll., [119] | 60 | 10–22 | 1 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Carnegie-Coll., [120] | 494 | 2–23 | 20 | 2 (mean) | 27 (mean) | - | 0 | - |
| Carnegie-Coll., [47] | 407 | 1–23 | 13 | 1.5–3.6 | 28–30 | - | 0 | - |
Reports/studies are listed according to publication date. In the first 2 reports, no information was provided about the CS of the embryos. Instead of it, information was given about the greatest length of the embryos (*). Abbreviations as used before.