Research Article

Intracardiac Echocardiography as a Guide for Transcatheter Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus

Table 2

ICE versus aortography or CCT in measuring PDA size.

#Pulmonary side diameter (mm)PDA length (mm)Aortic side diameter (mm)
ICEAoG/CCTICEAoG/CCTICEAoG/CCT

11.9M1.8A8.2M10.3A3.8M4.6A
22,0M2.2A10M6.7A15.0M9.1A
32.1L2.0A5.7L3.6A6.3L3.4A
42.2L2.1A6.7L8.8A3.7L8.8A
52.3L2.1A3.5L5.7A5.2L5.8A
62.3L2.3A5.0L5.3A3.7L8.0A
72.4L2.8A4.5L12.0A6.0L13.3A
82.5M2.2A5.8M5.4A14.0M10.2A
92.9M3.3A7.1M8.0A10.7M13.9A
103.0L3.1C20.2L13.8C9.6L21.2C
113.1L4.2C5.3L11.8C4.7L14.2C
123.2L3.3A6.3L5.9A7.8L9.9A
133.3L3.3A12.1L10.4A10.8L13.8A
143.5M3.6A14.6M16.9A6.0M15.7A
153.8L4.1C9.5L22.4C7.8L13.5C
163.8M4.2A10.9M13.7A8.0M11.3A
173.9M3.9A3.6M5.4A5.8M10.7A
184.2L4.2A20.0L14.2A15.8L11.8A
194.6L4.6C12.8L14.6C7.7L8.9C
205.1L4.4C9.6L9.9C6.7L7.9C
215.5L5.7C13.7L17.2C21.4L20.3C
226.4L6.7C7.7L10.0C19.3L26.7C
2311.1L10.7C3.9L4.3C11.7L11.4C
Median3.23.37.7107.811.3
IQR2.3–4.22.2–4.25.3–12.15.7–13.85.8–14.08.8–13.9

AMeasured by aortography. CMeasured by cardiac computed tomography. LMeasured by left pulmonary artery view. MMeasured by main pulmonary artery view. AoG, aortography; CCT, cardiac computed tomography; ICE, intracardiac echocardiography; IQR, interquartile range; PDA, patent ductus arteriosus; #, patient number.