Table 5 PSV, VTI, and flow data.

From: Ultrasound-based incidence of coarctation of the aorta in true and false positive fetuses

Variables

Positive

False-positive

P

DA PSV (cm/s)

51.37-131.46 (87.82 ± 18.60)

55.74-146.17 (94.08 ± 19.98)

0.06

DA VTI (cm)

8.29–17.35 (12.76 ± 2.35)

8.26–22.01 (14.19 ± 3.3)

0.01

DA flow (ml/min)

62.83-659.33 (208.23, 221.31)

74.92-693.56 (258.88 ± 120.52)

0.95

DA flow/weight (ml/min/g)

0.15–0.44 (0.24 ± 0.06)

0.11–0.52 (0.20 ± 0.08)

0.07

BA-PSV (cm/s)

48.14-370.27 (89.52 ± 44.09)

49.93-235.39 (95.14 ± 31.07)

0.42

BA VTI (cm)

5.27–46.05 (9.58, 6.31)

5.17–29.14 (10.76 ± 3.89)

0.77

BA flow (ml/min)

7.88-361.03 (41.24, 63.15)

7.02-283.95 (59.15,45.3)

0.88

BA flow/weight (ml/min/g)

0-0.23 (0.04, 0.02)

0.01–1.96 (0.05, 0.03)

0.45

LCCA-PSV (cm/s)

42.19-195.53 (80.56 ± 26.02)

38.22-325.57 (91.32 ± 36.35)

0.09

LCCA VTI (cm)

5.58–20.74 (9.95 ± 3.02)

4.2-37.93 (10.81 ± 4.47)

0.25

LCCA flow (ml/min)

8.27-159.18 (32.97, 62.32)

6.16-222.96 (35.68, 35.21)

0.77

LCCA flow/weight (ml/min/g)

0-0.08 (0.04 ± 0.01)

0.01–1.05 (0.03, 0.02)

0.56

LSA PSV (cm/s)

46.32-155.59 (80.88 ± 22.22)

44.92–189.8 (92.85 ± 23.82)

0.01

LSA VTI (cm)

4.95–16.36 (9.37 ± 2.58)

3.8-20.57 (10.31 ± 2.76)

0.06

LSA flow (ml/min)

4.69-132.18 (23.57, 29.88)

5.28-165.34 (34.08,24.1)

0.20

LSA flow/weight (ml/min/g)

0-0.05 (0.03 ± 0.01)

0.01–0.83 (0.03, 0.02)

0.31

  1. PSV peak systolic velocity, VTI velocity time integral, AO aorta, DA ductus arteriosus, BA brachiocephalic artery, LCCA left common carotid artery, LSA left subclavian artery.