May 1, 1985Journal of Clinical Ultrasound
Pulsed doppler fetal echocardiography
Why the study?
Does pulsed Doppler echocardiography provide useful information in the evaluation of infants in utero with suspected congenital heart disease?
Population
36 infants in utero with suspected abnormality or risk factor for congenital heart disease, gestational age…
Design
Case_series
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Discussion
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Implication
May support adjunctive fetal PDE use; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Structured PICO
Does pulsed Doppler echocardiography provide useful information in the evaluation of infants in utero with suspected congenital heart disease?
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Population
36 infants in utero with suspected abnormality or risk factor for congenital heart disease, gestational age 20-39 weeks (mean 32 weeks)
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Intervention
Pulsed Doppler echocardiography (PDE) combined with cross-sectional and M-mode echocardiography
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Outcome
Utility of PDE in evaluating the fetal heart (quantitation of hemodynamics, characterization of cardiac rhythm, and identification of structural anomalies)surrogate
Pulsed Doppler echocardiography is a valuable adjunct to cross-sectional and M-mode echocardiography for evaluating fetal hemodynamics, rhythm, and structural anomalies in utero.
Cite This Study
Huhta et al. (1985) studied this question.