%0 Generic %A A.E., van Ark %A M.C., Molenschot %A M.H., Wesseling %A de Vries W.B. %A J.L.M., Strengers %A A., Adams %A J.M.P.J., Breur %D 2018 %T Supplementary Material for: Cardiac Valve Annulus Diameters in Extremely Preterm Infants: A Cross-Sectional Echocardiographic Study %U https://karger.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Supplementary_Material_for_Cardiac_Valve_Annulus_Diameters_in_Extremely_Preterm_Infants_A_Cross-Sectional_Echocardiographic_Study/6668867 %R 10.6084/m9.figshare.6668867.v1 %2 https://karger.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/12190718 %2 https://karger.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/12190721 %K Echocardiography %K Reference values %K Cardiac valves %K Extremely preterm infants %K Low birth weight %X Background: With the increasing incidence of births of very preterm very-low-birth-weight infants, there is a demand for echocardiographic reference values of cardiac dimensions. Objectives: The aim of this study was to provide reference values of cardiac valve annulus diameters in a cohort of extremely preterm very-low-birth-weight neonates and to correlate these with patient characteristics. Methods: Valve diameters of 376 infants of < 32 weeks’ gestation and with a birth weight of ≤2,000 g were measured using 2-dimensional echocardiography. Correlations between valve diameters and patient characteristics (birth length/weight, body surface area, gestational age, and sex) were assessed. Birth weight was used to establish linear regression models. Inter- and intraobserver agreement was assessed through intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) analysis. Results: Substantial variability was found (aortic valve mean [standard deviation; range]: 5.0 mm [0.6; 3.7–6.5]; pulmonic valve: 5.8 mm [0.8; 3.4–7.9]; mitral valve: 8.0 mm [1.0; 5.5–10.5]; tricuspid valve: 7.6 mm [1.2; 4.9–10.6]). There was a moderate correlation between birth weight and valve diameter (R2 aortic valve: 0.36; pulmonic valve: 0.20; mitral valve: 0.24; tricuspid valve: 0.24). Adequate intraobserver (ICC range 0.74–0.91) and interobserver agreement (ICC range 0.77–0.89) was found. Conclusions: Our study provides ready-to-use reference values for cardiac valve annulus diameters for extremely preterm infants. %I Karger Publishers