Why the study?
Does early fetal echocardiography accurately detect major cardiac defects in fetuses at 13-16 weeks of gestation?
Population
400 women with euploid fetuses referred for early fetal echocardiography at 13-16 weeks of gestation, mean…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
post-natal
Authors
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Early fetal echocardiography at 13-16 weeks may enable timely diagnosis in select pregnancies; leaves open need for prospective validation of accuracy and outcomes.
Does early fetal echocardiography accurately detect major cardiac defects in fetuses at 13-16 weeks of gestation?
Early fetal echocardiography at 13-16 weeks of gestation is highly sensitive and specific for detecting major fetal cardiac defects.
Mogra et al. (2015) studied this question.
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