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Accuracy of fetal echocardiography.

Abstract
The reliability of prenatal ultrasound (US) for the detection of structural heart defects was investigated in a consecutive population of patients referred for prenatal US. Twenty-eight of 49 fetuses (57%) shown to have one or more heart defects with physical examination or autopsy were found to have congenital heart disease with prenatal US. There were 66 cardiac defects in 49 fetuses, 33 of which were entirely or partly identified (50%). Defects correctly diagnosed included hypoplasia of either ventricle, common atrioventricular canal, tetralogy of Fallot, transposition of the great vessels, and Ebstein anomaly. Defects rarely diagnosed correctly included semilunar valve stenosis, total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage, coarctation of the aorta, pulmonic atresia, atrioseptal defect, and ventricular septal defect. Many types of heart defects can be diagnosed accurately with prenatal US in a general population of patients not at high risk for congenital heart disease. Some lesions, however, were difficult to detect.
AuthorsB R Benacerraf, B R Pober, S P Sanders
JournalRadiology (Radiology) Vol. 165 Issue 3 Pg. 847-9 (Dec 1987) ISSN: 0033-8419 [Print] United States
PMID3685364 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
Topics
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Echocardiography
  • Evaluation Studies as Topic
  • False Negative Reactions
  • False Positive Reactions
  • Female
  • Fetal Diseases (diagnosis)
  • Gestational Age
  • Heart Defects, Congenital (diagnosis)
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Pregnancy
  • Prenatal Diagnosis (methods)
  • Risk Factors

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