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ArticlePediatric cardiology2025

Computed Tomography-Derived Normative Values of Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Structures in the Pediatric Population.

Natalie Soszyn, Justin Schweigert, Salvador R Franco, Gareth J Morgan, Max Mitchell, Jenny E Zablah

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Natalie SoszynThe Heart Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, 13123 E 16th Ave, Aurora, CO, 80045-2560, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1509-8699
Justin SchweigertThe Heart Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, 13123 E 16th Ave, Aurora, CO, 80045-2560, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-4296-0711
Salvador R FrancoThe Heart Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, 13123 E 16th Ave, Aurora, CO, 80045-2560, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9786-3651
Gareth J MorganThe Heart Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, 13123 E 16th Ave, Aurora, CO, 80045-2560, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1500-9334
Max MitchellThe Heart Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, 13123 E 16th Ave, Aurora, CO, 80045-2560, USA.
Jenny E ZablahThe Heart Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, 13123 E 16th Ave, Aurora, CO, 80045-2560, USA. jenny.zablah@childrenscolorado.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9146-8551

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Abstract

Recent advances in available percutaneous device technology require accurate measurements and quantification of relationships between right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) structures in children with and without congenital heart disease to determine device suitability. To date, no population study has described normal reference ranges of these measurements by computed tomography (CT). We aimed to establish normative values for four CT-derived measurements between RVOT structures from a heterogeneous population without heart disease and develop z scores useful for clinical practice. Patients without heart disease who underwent cardiac CT between April 2014 and February 2021 at Children's Hospital Colorado were included. Distance between the right ventricular (RV) apex to pulmonary valve (PV), PV to pulmonary trunk bifurcation, and bifurcation to the right and left pulmonary artery was measured. Previously validated models were used to normalize the measurements and calculate Z scores. Each measurement was plotted against BSA and Z scores distributions were used as reference lines. Three-hundred and sixty-four healthy patients with a mean age of 8.8 years (range 1-21), 58% male, and BSA of 1 m

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Heart VentriclesPulmonary ArteryPulmonary ValveTomography, X-Ray ComputedAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansInfantMaleReference ValuesRetrospective StudiesYoung AdultNormative valuesRight ventricular outflow tractz scores

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