Fetal Tricuspid Regurgitation in the First Trimester as a Screening Marker for Congenital Heart Defects: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | Zendy

Carolina Scala | Zendy; Maddalena Morlando | Zendy; Alessandra Familiari | Zendy; Umberto Leone Roberti Maggiore | Zendy; Simone Ferrero | Zendy; F. D’Antonio | Zendy; Asma Khalil | Zendy

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Fetal Tricuspid Regurgitation in the First Trimester as a Screening Marker for Congenital Heart Defects: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Author(s) -

Carolina Scala,

Maddalena Morlando,

Alessandra Familiari,

Umberto Leone Roberti Maggiore,

Simone Ferrero,

F. D’Antonio,

Asma Khalil

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

fetal diagnosis and therapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.976

H-Index - 60

eISSN - 1421-9964

pISSN - 1015-3837

DOI - 10.1159/000455947

Subject(s) - medicine , fetal echocardiography , population , regurgitation (circulation) , odds ratio , meta analysis , cardiology , diagnostic odds ratio , fetus , cochrane library , obstetrics , pregnancy , prenatal diagnosis , genetics , environmental health , biology

Assessment of tricuspid flow has been reported to improve the performance of screening for aneuploidies and congenital heart defects (CHD). However, the performance of tricuspid regurgitation (TR) as a screening marker for CHD in euploid fetuses is yet to be established. The main aim of this meta-analysis was to establish the predictive accuracy of TR for CHD.

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