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      The Four-Chamber View and Its Sensitivity in Detecting Congenital Heart Defects

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          We sought to determine the sensitivity of detecting congenital heart defects with routine antenatal ultrasound including the four-chamber view in a population at low risk for cardiac anomalies. Neonatal outcome and anomaly databases were reviewed to identify cases of morphologic cardiac defects from 1988–1992. Of 176 cases identified, 62 (35%) had routine antenatal ultrasound including the four-chamber view. Thirteen of these 62 (21%) were diagnosed by ultrasound and 18 of the 116 (15%) total defects present were seen. Of these, only 16 of 25 (64%) defects reasonably expected to be seen by the four-chamber cardiac view alone were detected. The routine ultrasound four-chamber cardiac evaluation is limited and detection depends on the type of cardiac defect present.

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          Journal
          CRD
          Cardiology
          10.1159/issn.0008-6312
          Cardiology
          S. Karger AG
          0008-6312
          1421-9751
          1998
          December 1998
          15 October 2008
          : 90
          : 3
          : 202-206
          Affiliations
          Departments of a Obstetrics and Gynecology, b Pediatric Cardiology and c Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Tex., USA
          Article
          6844 Cardiology 1998;90:202–206
          10.1159/000006844
          9892769
          da8ac705-64b1-469d-a547-2832889774c9
          © 1998 S. Karger AG, Basel

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          Figures: 2, Tables: 4, References: 20, Pages: 5
          Categories
          Congenital Heart Diseases

          General medicine,Neurology,Cardiovascular Medicine,Internal medicine,Nephrology
          Congenital heart disease,Antenatal ultrasound,Four-chamber view

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