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Published in: European Journal of Medical Research 1/2014

Open Access 01-12-2014 | Research

Prenatal ultrasonography and Doppler sonography for the clinical investigation of isolated ventricular septal defects in a late second-trimester population

Authors: Wei-Hsiu Chiu, Ming-Chon Hsiung, Ran-Chou Chen, Xiao-Min Xiao, Cai-Lin Wu, Tao-Hsin Tung

Published in: European Journal of Medical Research | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

Background

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of prenatal ultrasonography and Doppler sonography in detecting isolated ventricular septal defects (VSDs) in a late-second-trimester population.

Methods

Fetal echocardiography, Doppler ultrasound, and biometry were used to evaluate 2,661 singleton fetuses (1,381 male fetuses and 1,280 female fetuses) between 1 August 2006 and 31 May 2010. The efficacy of each fetal biometry, Doppler ultrasound, and nasal bone length (NBL) measurement was evaluated in all of the fetuses. A standard fetal echocardiographic evaluation, including two-dimensional gray-scale imaging and color and Doppler color flow mapping, was performed on all fetuses.

Results

We detected isolated VSDs in 124 of the 2,661 singleton fetuses between 19 and 24 weeks of gestation. The prevalence of isolated VSDs in the study population was 4.66%. A multiple logistic regression analysis indicated that short fetal NBL (odds ratio = 0.691, 95% confidence interval: 0.551 to 0.868) and the pulsatility index (PI) of the umbilical artery (odds ratio = 8.095, 95% confidence interval: 4.309 to 15.207) and of the middle cerebral artery (odds ratio = 0.254, 95% confidence interval: 0.120 to 0.538) are significantly associated with isolated VSDs.

Conclusion

Late-second-trimester fetal NBL, umbilical artery PI, and middle cerebral artery PI are useful parameters for detecting isolated VSDs, and can be used to estimate the a priori risk of VSDs in women at high risk and at low risk of isolated VSDs.
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Metadata
Title
Prenatal ultrasonography and Doppler sonography for the clinical investigation of isolated ventricular septal defects in a late second-trimester population
Authors
Wei-Hsiu Chiu
Ming-Chon Hsiung
Ran-Chou Chen
Xiao-Min Xiao
Cai-Lin Wu
Tao-Hsin Tung
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
European Journal of Medical Research / Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 2047-783X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/2047-783X-19-3

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