Table 5 Imaging findings of a few newborns with a single umbilical artery

Examination item

Number of examination

Abnormal findings and number

Number of examinations

Abnormal findings and number

Cardiac ultrasound

54

Atrial septal defect

5

6

Atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect and small right ventricle

1

Ventricular septal defect

2

Mild tricuspid regurgitation

2

Mild tricuspid regurgitation

14

Tricuspid regurgitation with pulmonary hypertension

3

Mitral regurgitation

4

Pericardial effusion

1

Persistent left superior vena cava

1

Cranial ultrasound

16

Intracranial haemorrhage

3

1

/

Intracranial cystic foci

3

Partial absence of septa pellucida

1

Abdominal and urinary system ultrasound

46

Hepatic vascular malformation

1

1

/

Spinal X-ray

17

Scoliosis

4

Abnormal lumbar spine body

1