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Role of fetal echocardiography in stepwise sequential screening for chromosomal disorders (combined test associated with modified genetic sonography).

AbstractOBJECTIVES:
To evaluate the contribution made by fetal echocardiography in identifying Down's syndrome (DS) and other chromosomal disorders in a stepwise sequential screening method (first step: combined test (CT), second step: modified genetic sonography (MGS) (major malformation and nuchal fold)), for DS in the general population of pregnant women.
METHODS:
Prospective study. During a 5-year study period (July 2005-June 2010) 17,911 pregnant women underwent CTs with MGS (with fetal cardiac morphological evaluation performed by obstetricians in a tertiary hospital) as a screening method for DS. We evaluated the sensitivity and false positive rate (FPR) (95% confidence interval (CI)) of three screening methods for DS and all chromosomal disorders: CT, CT + MGS, and CT + fetal echocardiography.
RESULTS:
A total of 17,911 cases were analyzed with 67 chromosome disorders and 45 DS cases being found. For DS, the CT sensitivity was 80% (95% CI; 68.3-91.7) (36/45) and 79.1% (95% CI; 69.4-88.8) (53/67) for all chromosome disorders, with a FPR of 4.2% (95% CI; 3.9-4.5) (752/17,866) and 4.1% (95% CI; 3.8-4.4) (735/17,844), respectively. For CT + MSG and CT + fetal echocardiography, the sensitivity for DS was 93.3% (95% CI; 85.9-0.99) (42/45) and 95.5% (95% CI; 90.5-0.99) (64/67) for all chromosome disorders. The FPR for CT + MSG was 4.8% (95% CI; 4.5-5.1) (860/17,866) and 4.6% (95% CI; 4.3-4.9) (836/17,844), respectively. The FPR of CT + fetal echocardiography was 4.4% (95% CI; 4.1-4.7) (792/17,866) for DS screening and 4.3% (95% CI; 4-4.6) (770/17,844) for chromosome abnormality screening.
CONCLUSIONS:
Fetal echocardiography is highly capable of identifying DS and other chromosomal disorders as a part of genetic sonography in stepwise sequential screening.
AuthorsJosé A Sainz, María Jesús Zurita, Carlota Borrero, Rosa Serrano, Enriqueta Turmo, Carmen Almeida, Virginia Caballero, Rogelio Garrido Teruel
JournalThe journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians (J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med) Vol. 25 Issue 11 Pg. 2216-20 (Nov 2012) ISSN: 1476-4954 [Electronic] England
PMID22524209 (Publication Type: Evaluation Study, Journal Article)
Topics
  • Adult
  • Algorithms
  • Chromosome Disorders (diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, epidemiology, genetics)
  • Echocardiography (methods, statistics & numerical data)
  • Female
  • Fetal Heart (diagnostic imaging)
  • Genetic Testing (methods, statistics & numerical data)
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Newborn, Diseases (diagnostic imaging, epidemiology, genetics)
  • Mass Screening (methods, statistics & numerical data)
  • Pregnancy
  • Prevalence
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal (methods, statistics & numerical data)
  • Young Adult

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