Number of infants scanned | 38 | 44 |
Total number of scans | 109 | 48 |
Neonatologist | 53 | 24 |
Cardiologist | 56 | 24 |
Scans/infant | 2 (2–3)** | 1 (1–1) |
Birth weight (g) | 1770 (1018–3232) | 1568 (1051–2958) |
Gestation (weeks) | 34 (27–39) | 32 (27–38) |
Age at first scan (days) | 2 (1–12) | 3 (1–29) |
Clinical indication | | |
Asymptomatic murmur | 13 | 16 |
Cardiorespiratory symptoms (with murmur) | 7 | 5 |
Cardiorespiratory symptoms (without murmur) | 9 | 10 |
Antenatal diagnosis of cardiac defect | 5 | 5 |
Family history of cardiac defect | 4 | 8 |
Non-cardiac congenital malformation | 0 | 0 |
Echocardiographic findings | | |
Normal structure | 3* | 22 |
Congenital structural abnormality | 20* | 10 |
Haemodynamically significant PDA | 11* | 3 |
Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn | 3 | 6 |
Left ventricular dysfunction | 1 | 3 |