Impact of the expanded examination of fetal heart tothe prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart diseases

Köşger P., Velipaşaoğlu M., Keskin T., Kıztanır H., Uçar B.

Turkish Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol.17, no.4, pp.285-291, 2020 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 17 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.4274/tjod.galenos.2020.04127
  • Journal Name: Turkish Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.285-291
  • Keywords: Congenital heart disease, fetal echocardiography, high risk pregnancy, low risk pregnancy, prenatal diagnosis, LOW-RISK, ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: In the present study, for which reasons fetal cardiac evaluation was requested from our pediatric cardiology clinic, the effects of routine fetal cardiac evaluation in obstetric ultrasonography (USG) on the detection of congenital heart disease (CHD) and the distribution of intrauterine diagnosis of CHD according to pregnancy risk profiles were retrospectively analyzed.