1. Association of abnormal fetal echocardiography with some obstetric records
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Nahal Nasehi, Mahin Najafian, Abdolrahman Emami-Moghaddam, Sareh Aberumand, and Mojgan Barati
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medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Obstetrics ,business.industry ,Maternity and Midwifery ,medicine ,Retrospective cohort study ,business ,Fetal echocardiography - Abstract
Background To evaluate the history of some obstetrical records of pregnant women who were referred for fetal echocardiography for any reason. Methods This was a retrospective study on 1772 documents of referred pregnant women, which was conducted in Narges diagnostic clinic staff (Ahvaz city, Iran) from 2017-2020. In this study, all document data of pregnant women who referred for fetal echocardiography for any reason have been reviewed. Results Our study showed that there is a significant relationship between abnormal fetal echocardiography with history of miscarriage, stillbirth and a previous child with Down syndrome. Conclusion Although our study showed that abnormal fetal echocardiography was associated with stillbirth, miscarriage, and a history of having a previous child with Down syndrome, but many cases had abnormal echocardiography didn't have a history of having a previous child with CHD, increased NT and high-risk aneuploidy screening test.
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- 2021
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