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SUBMITTER: McCrary AW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5319830 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
McCrary A W AW Malowitz J R JR Hornick C P CP Hill K D KD Cotten C M CM Tatum G H GH Barker P C PC
American journal of perinatology 20150714 1
<h4>Objective</h4>To compare the left ventricular eccentricity index (EI) and tricuspid valve systolic-diastolic (SD) ratio in infants at risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and pulmonary hypertension (PH).<h4>Study design</h4>Review of echocardiograms performed on infants born at ≤ 28 weeks' postmenstrual age, categorized into the following three cohorts: BPD and PH (n = 13); BPD only (n = 16); and controls (n = 59). EI was measured from a parasternal short axis 2D image. The SD ratio was ...[more]