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Table 2 Medians of characteristic clinical cardiac parameters from newborns with prenatally diagnosed intrathoracic masses, categorized by RDS

From: Clinical cardiac assessment in newborns with prenatally diagnosed intrathoracic masses

 

Controls (n = 31)

Without RDS (n = 9)

Mild RDS (n = 6)

Severe RDS (n = 16)

p

CHD (%)

0

11.5

0

31

0.005

left ventricular cardiac index (L/min/m2)

3.45

3.4

N/A

2.9

0.47

left ventricular diastolic diameter (Z Score)

−0.49

−0.79

N/A

−1.75

0.28

aortic valve diameter (Z score)

0.42

1.71

−0.03

0.52

0.35

pulmonary valve diameter (Z score)

−0.46

−1.49

−1.91

−0.15

0.088

QRS axis

121

91.5

105

83.5

0.13

Sokolow index

1.2

1.032

0.957

1.15

0.31

Cornell index

0.8

0.75

1.025

0.2

0.098

amplitude R/S V2

1.14

2.1

0.4

0.75

0.0025

amplitude RV1 (mV)

1.1

0.7

0.4

0.5

0.002

amplitude RV6 (mV)

0.5

0.375

0.3

0.15

0.04

amplitude SV6 (mV)

0.35

0.025

0.4

0.2

0.015

QT dispersion (ms)

60

60

70

100

0.032

QTc dispersion (ms)

82

84

104

137.5

0.01

precordial T-wave inversion

3

2.5

1

2

0.023

SDNN (ms)

29.23

28.59

11.48

9.25

0.001

  1. Abbreviation: RDS respiratory distress syndrome, CHD congenital heart defects, N/A not available
  2. Significant differences are in bold