Prenatal brain imaging for predicting need for postnatal hydrocephalus treatment in fetuses that had neural tube defect repair in utero.
A ZarutskieC GuimaraesM YepezP TorresA ShettyH Sangi-HaghpeykarW LeeJimmy EspinozaA A ShamshirsazAhmed A NassrMichael A BelfortW E WhiteheadMagdalena Sanz CortesPublished in: Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (2019)
Persistence of HBH on MRI 6 weeks after prenatal NTD repair independently predicted the need for postnatal HT better than any ultrasound- or other MRI-derived measurements of ventricular characteristics. These results should aid in prenatal counseling and add support to the hypothesis that HBH is a significant driver of hydrocephalus in myelomeningocele patients. Copyright © 2019 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Keyphrases
- pregnant women
- magnetic resonance imaging
- end stage renal disease
- contrast enhanced
- preterm infants
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- heart failure
- chronic kidney disease
- cerebrospinal fluid
- high resolution
- diffusion weighted imaging
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- resting state
- randomized controlled trial
- smoking cessation
- functional connectivity
- patient reported
- ultrasound guided
- hiv testing
- antiretroviral therapy