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8878710

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-1-28
pubmed:abstractText
This prospective study was designed to determine whether there would be a higher incidence of congenital cardiovascular malformation (CCVM) in pregnant women with certain risk factors. Fetal echocardiography, from second trimester of term, was performed in 1,659 pregnant women with risk factors for CCVMs and 826 pregnant women without risk factors from March 1990 to April 1995. Two-dimensional imaging, fetal M mode measurements, Doppler waveform velocity and Doppler color flow mapping were used for fetal heart examination. During this period, 70 fetuses with major cardiovascular malformations were found. The prenatal detection rate was determined as 2.8% (70/2,485) in our study. The rate in the high-risk group, however, was 3.7% (61/1,659). Of all indications, fetal risk factors had the highest rate (9.3%, 46/494) of detected CCVMs. Maternal and familial indications could be excluded from the high-risk group as they did not show any increased incidence over the low-risk group. We suggest that fetal echocardiography is mandatory in the high-risk group, especially in cases with fetal and placental risk factors. Fetal cardiac screening in the hands of first-line sonographers has a major role in prenatal diagnosis of CCVMs in the low-risk group.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0378-7346
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
84-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Prenatal diagnosis of major congenital cardiovascular malformations.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study