The Utility of Screening Fetal Echocardiograms Following Normal Level II Ultrasounds in Fetuses with Maternal Congenital Heart Disease.

Sophia CalcaraAmanda PaeltzBernadette RichardsTracey SiskCorey StiverOluseyi OgunleyeKaren TexterMay Ling MahClifford L Cua

Published in: Cardiology and therapy (2024)

Critical CHD was not missed with a normal LII-US in this at risk population. F-echo also missed the majority of CHD when a LII-US was read as normal. A cost-benefit analysis of screening F-echo in fetuses with maternal CHD should be conducted if a normal LII-US has been performed.

Keyphrases

congenital heart disease
magnetic resonance
birth weight
gestational age
pregnancy outcomes
contrast enhanced
pregnant women
computed tomography