Clinical Study
The Specific Characteristics in Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Cor Pulmonale
Table 2
A comparison of the electrocardiographic, echocardiographic, and hemodynamic characteristics between the two children groups.
| | Group 1 () | Group 2 () | value |
| | Electrocardiography | | | | | RV hypertrophy | 5 (100%) | 6 (24%) | 0.007* | | Echocardiography | | | | | Severity of TR | 3 ± 1 | 1 ± 2 | 0.039* | | Pressure gradient across the RV and RA (mmHg) | 105 ± 12 | 30 ± 16 | <0.001* | | Cardiac Catheterization | | | | | Systolic SAP (mmHg) | 135 ± 18 | 98 ± 7 | <0.001* | | Diastolic SAP (mmHg) | 88 ± 6 | 59 ± 7 | <0.001* | | Systolic PAP (mmHg) | 112 ± 8 | 38 ± 15 | 0.002* | | LVEF (%) | 56 ± 12 | 67 ± 14 | 0.113 | | Surgical intervention | 5 (100%) | 15 (60%) | 0.225 |
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Abbreviations: LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; PAP: pulmonary artery pressure; RA: right atrium; RV: right ventricle; RVEF: right ventricular ejection fraction; SAP: systemic artery pressure.
*: significant difference.
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