Research Article
Transcatheter Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus under Echocardiography Guidance: A Randomized Controlled Noninferiority Trial
Table 1
General patient, defect, and device characteristics.
| | TTE group (n = 50) | Fluoroscopy group (n = 50) | value |
| Sex (male, %) | 12, 24% | 15, 30% | 0.499 | Age (year) | 10.5 ± 12.7 (1–51) | 15.2 ± 16.4 (1–66) | 0.115 | Weight (kg) | 29.6 ± 19.9 (8.0–70.0) | 32.5 ± 23.1 (8.0–108.0) | 0.572 | PDA size (mm) | 4.8 ± 1.3 (3–9) | 4.7 ± 2.2 (2–9) | 0.156 | Occluder size (mm) | 10.5 ± 1.4 (8–14) | 10.2 ± 2.3 (8–16) | 0.153 |
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