Incidental Findings on Routine Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography Performed in Preterm Neonates Younger Than 29 Weeks' Gestation.

Aisling SmithColm R BreatnachAdam T JamesOrla FranklinAfif El-Khuffash

Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2017)

There is a high rate of incidental findings identified on screening echocardiograms. Routine targeted neonatal echocardiographic screening of preterm neonates may be warranted to identify the considerable likelihood of asymptomatic findings.

Keyphrases

low birth weight
gestational age
preterm infants
preterm birth
left ventricular
pulmonary hypertension
clinical practice
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computed tomography
heart failure