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Challenges of prenatal diagnosis of fetal hypoplastic aortic arch and predication of the need for intervention.

Jie SunJames StarcRandy M Stevens
Published in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2022)
Prenatal diagnosis of hypoplastic aortic arch and coarctation of aorta is still challenging and remains one of the most difficult cardiac defects to diagnose. The results reveal a significant improvement of prenatal diagnosis of hypoplastic arch and coarctation of aorta. The data also shows the significant overlapping of fetal aortic isthmus z score between the infants who need the arch procedure and those who do not.
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