Cardiovascular magnetic resonance of cardiac function and myocardial mass in preterm infants: a preliminary study of the impact of patent ductus arteriosus

Table 3 Ductal shunt volumes: GA, cGA, birth weight (BW), weight (Wt) at scan and corresponding ductal shunt values as determined by PC CMR for 13 infants with PDA

GA weeks	Cga weeks	BW kg	CW kg	Shunt volume % LVO	Shunt volume ml/kg/min
24⁺³	27⁺³	0.53	0.66	74.2	435
26⁺³	28⁺³	0.95	0.95	66.5	336
28⁺⁴	31⁺⁴	1.40	1.43	62.0	359
25⁺⁴	31⁺⁶	0.68	1.13	52.7	275
26⁺¹	30⁺¹	0.99	1.08	51.6	221
27	29⁺²	1.14	1.14	48.7	169
27	29⁺¹	1.18	1.18	26.0	86
26⁺²	36⁺¹	0.91	2.40	23.5	72
25⁺⁵	27⁺⁵	0.81	0.81	15.5	45
25⁺³	30⁺⁴	0.85	0.88	15.0	58
27	29⁺¹	0.89	0.89	13.5	46
27⁺²	31⁺⁶	0.90	1.22	12.1	39
31⁺³	32⁺¹	1.39	1.39	3.4	17

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