Changes in vasoactive pathways in congenital diaphragmatic hernia associated pulmonary hypertension explain unresponsiveness to pharmacotherapy

Table 3 Patient characteristics

Disease	GA	Sex	Age of death	Cause of death
Control	18 + 0	Male	–	Abortion
	24 + 6	Female	Minutes	Prematurity
	26 + 5	Female	1 h	Prematurity
	33 + 0	Male	Minutes	Developmental delay
	38 + 3	Male	Minutes	Asphyxia
	38 + 5	Male	1.5 h	Anencephaly
	40 + 0	Female	18 h	Asphyxia
CDH	17 + 6	Male	–	Abortion
	21 + 4	Male	–	Abortion
	36 + 2	Male	Some hours	Respiratory failure
	36 + 2	Female	Some hours	Respiratory failure
	37 + 2	Male	7 h	Respiratory failure
	38 + 0	Male	2 h	Respiratory failure
	40 + 0	Female	Some hours	Respiratory failure
LH	22 + 3	Male	–	Abortion
	28 + 5	Female	15 min	Respiratory failure
	41 + 0	Male	30 min	Respiratory failure
PH	34 + 3	Female	4 days	PPHN
PH	37 + 1	Male	4 days	Respiratory failure

GA gestational age (weeks + days), CDH congenital diaphragmatic hernia, LH lung hypoplasia, PH pulmonary hypertension, PPHN persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn

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