Why the study?
What is the diagnostic accuracy and clinical outcome of fetuses diagnosed with structural cardiac abnormalities by prenatal ultrasound?
Population
129 pregnancies in which the fetus was found to have a structural cardiac abnormality, out of 1924 patients…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
>11 months postnatal
Authors
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Supports fetal cardiac counseling with survival data; extends observational evidence but leaves open need for prospective validation.
What is the diagnostic accuracy and clinical outcome of fetuses diagnosed with structural cardiac abnormalities by prenatal ultrasound?
Prenatal fetal cardiac scanning is highly accurate for diagnosing structural cardiac abnormalities and provides prognostic information that strongly correlates with infant survival.
Davis et al. (1990) studied this question.
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