Data di Pubblicazione:
2011
Citazione:
Fetal echocardiography at 11-13 weeks by transabdominal high-frequency ultrasound / N. Persico, J. Moratalla, C.M. Lombardi, V. Zidere, L. Allan, K.H. Nicolaides. - In: ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY. - ISSN 1469-0705. - 37:3(2011 Mar), pp. 296-301. [10.1002/uog.8934]
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES:
To assess the accuracy of fetal echocardiography at 11-13 weeks performed by well-trained obstetricians using a high-frequency linear ultrasound transducer.
METHODS:
Fetal echocardiography was performed by obstetricians immediately before chorionic villus sampling for fetal karyotyping at 11-13 weeks. Digital videoclips of the examination stored by the obstetrician were reviewed offline by a specialist fetal cardiologist.
RESULTS:
The obstetrician suspected 95 (95%) of the 100 cardiac defects identified by the fetal cardiologist and made the correct diagnosis in 84 (84%) of these cases. In 54 fetuses, the defect was classified as major and in 46 it was minor. In 767 (86.6%) cases, the heart was normal and in 19 (2.1%) the views were inadequate for assessment of normality or abnormality. A subsequent second-trimester scan in the normal group identified major cardiac defects in four cases. Therefore, the first-trimester scan by the obstetricians and cardiologists identified 54 (93.1%) of the 58 major cardiac defects.
CONCLUSIONS:
A well-trained obstetrician using high-resolution ultrasound equipment can assess the fetal heart at 11-13 weeks with a high degree of accuracy.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Adolescent; Adult; Cardiology; Clinical Competence; Crown-Rump Length; Echocardiography; Female; Fetal Heart; Heart Defects, Congenital; Humans; Middle Aged; Nuchal Translucency Measurement; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Trimester, First; Sensitivity and Specificity; Ultrasonography, Prenatal; Young Adult; Obstetrics
Elenco autori:
N. Persico, J. Moratalla, C.M. Lombardi, V. Zidere, L. Allan, K.H. Nicolaides
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