Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Table 1 Fetal flows measured in the major vessels by PC MR with MOG, indexed by weight

From: Feasibility of quantification of the distribution of blood flow in the normal human fetal circulation using CMR: a cross-sectional study

Absolute	Values
			Measured								Calculated
Subject	GA [weeks]	Weight[kg]	MPA [ml/min/kg]	DAo[ml/mn/kg]	DA[ml/min/kg]	AAo[ml/min/kg]	SVC[ml/min/kg]	UV[ml/min/kg]	RPA[ml/min/kg]	LPA[ml/min/kg]	PBF[ml/min/kg](MPA-DA)	FO[ml/min/kg](CVO-MPA-PBF)	CVO[ml/min/kg] (AAo+ MPA+3%)
1	39	4.0	278	197	188	155	107	107	53	44	90	78	446
2	35	2.2	440	389	287	247	279	168			153	115	708
3	36	3.0	351	268	196	145	136	140			155	5	511
4	37	3.0	274	213	186	182	170	127	45	39	88	108	470
5	38	2.9	278	279	245	157	125	101	13	6	33	137	448
6	34	2.0	341	256	173	208	107	125	74	51	168	56	565
7	37	3.7	265	383	243	212	128	253	4	19	22	204	491
8	37	3.3	315	173	174	188	145	160	92	54	141	62	518
9	35	2.5	384	274	262	215	156	137			122	111	617
10	30	2.2	440	418	262	272	112	311			178	115	733
11	37	3.4	326	261	206	217	144	134	30	30	120	113	559
12	38	2.7	229	163	223	177	156	156	7	7	6	183	418
Mean	36	2.9	327	273	220	198	147	160			106	107	540
SD	2	0.6	68	85	39	38	46	62			59	54	101
Percentage of CVO
			Measured								Calculated
Subject			MPA[% of CVO]	DAo [% of CVO]	DA [% of CVO]	AAo [% of CVO]	SVC[% of CVO]	UV [% of CVO]	RPA[% of CVO]	LPA [% of CVO]	PBF [% of CVO](MPA-DA)	FO [% of CVO](CVO-MPA-PBF)
1			62	44	42	35	24	24	12	10	20	17
2			62	55	41	35	39	24			22	16
3			69	52	38	28	27	27			30	1
4			58	45	40	39	36	27	10	8	19	23
5			62	62	55	35	28	23	3	1	7	31
6			60	45	31	37	19	22	13	9	30	10
7			54	78	49	43	26	51	1	4	4	42
8			61	33	34	36	28	31	18	10	27	12
9			62	44	42	35	25	22			20	18
10			60	57	36	37	15	42			24	16
11			58	47	37	39	26	24	5	5	21	20
12			55	39	53	42	37	37	2	2	1	44
Mean			60	50	41	37	28	30			19	21
SD			4	12	8	4	7	9			10	12

GA- gestational age, MPA- main pulmonary artery, DAo- descending aorta, DA- ductusarteriosus, AAo- ascending aorta, SVC- superior vena cava, UV- umbilical vein, RPA- right pulmonary artery, LPA- left pulmonary artery, PBF- pulmonary blood flow (MPA-DA), FO- foramen ovale, CVO- combined ventricular output.

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