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. 2022 Oct 10;10:866994. doi: 10.3389/fped.2022.866994

Table 2.

Prenatal ultrasound findings of the study population (fetuses with suspected CoA), according to postnatal outcomes (neonates normal and with CoA).

Variable all patients
N = 91
No CoA
N = 64
CoA
N = 27
p-value
GA at last fetal ECHO 35.29 (2.18) 35.48 (2.24) 0.72
Early CoA diagnosis ( ≤ 28 weeks) 16 (25%) 23 (85.2%) 0.0001
Borderline LV 0 10 (37%) 0.0001
Inflow tracts
z-score MV −2.67 (1, 02) −3.93 (1, 30) 0.0001
MV/TV ratio 0.65 (0.09) 0.51 (0.08) 0.0001
LV/RV ratio 0.64 (0.08) 0.53 (0.11) 0.0001
Outflow tract
z-score AV −0,74(0.94) −2.22 (1.27) 0.0001
AV/PV ratio 0,75 (0.30) 0,56 (0.09) 0.0001
MPA/AA ratio 1,52 (0.33) 1,88 (0.26) 0.0001
Aortic Arch (on three vessel view)
AI z-score −2.26 (1.14) −3.59 (1.12) 0.0001
Hypoplastic TAA 9 (14%) 26 (96%) 0.0001
TAA z-score 0.71 (1.35) −1.76 (0.94) 0.0001
AI/AD ratio 0.51 (0.13) 0.43 (0.1) 0.009
Functional features
Reversed or mixed flow at the aortic arch 17 (26.6%) 13 (48.1%) 0.05
Bidirectional flow at the foramen ovale 8 (12.5%) 17 (63%) 0.0001
Associated cardiac anomalies
VSD 9 (14.1%) 9 (33.3%) 0.05
Redundant FO membrane 26 (40.6%) 5 (18.8%) 0.05
LSCV 7 (17.9%) 3 (15%) 1
Bicuspid aortic valve suspicion 5 (8%) 10 (37%) 0.0001
Quantitative results are expressed as mean (standard deviation)

Univariate analysis.