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Table 1 Definitions for Magnitude of Change

From: Baseline correction of phase-contrast images in congenital cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Variable

Clinically Significant Change

Marked Change

MPA or AAO flow

≥ 0.5 L/min/m2

≥ 1.0 L/min/m2

RPA or LPA flow

≥ 0.25 L/min/m2

≥ 0.5 L/min/m2

Q P /Q S

≥ 0.4

≥ 0.8

Q P R fraction

=≥10%

≥ 20%

PR or AR fraction

≥ 10%

≥ 20%

  1. AAO-Ascending Aorta, AR-Aortic Regurgitation, LPA-Left Pulmonary Artery, MPA-Main Pulmonary Artery, PR-Pulmonary Regurgitation, QP-Pulmonary blood flow, QS-Systemic blood flow, QPR-Right pulmonary blood flow as a percent of total pulmonary blood flow, RPA-Right Pulmonary Artery