Open AccessEfficacy of Antenatal Ultrasound Examination in Diagnosis of Congenital Cardiac Anomalies in an Unselected Population: Retrospective Study from a Tertiary Centre
Author(s) -
N. D. Varunashree,
R. Ravi Shankar,
Preethi Navaneethan,
Manish Kumar,
Santosh Benjamin,
Shibu Jacob,
Bijesh Yadav,
Swati Rathore
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of obstetrics and gynecology of india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 0971-9202
pISSN - 0975-6434
DOI - 10.1007/s13224-020-01424-3
Subject(s) - medicine , sonographer , audit , retrospective cohort study , pediatrics , population , heart disease , obstetrics , ultrasound , radiology , surgery , cardiology , management , environmental health , economics
In Low- and Middle-Income Countries like India, where the services and surgical care for Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) are available only in selected centres with geographical variations, it is important to detect Heart defects early and give the parents an opportunity to plan ahead for seeking appropriate care at the earliest. Several developments in recent years such as improvement of quality of ultrasound machines, sonographer's experience, skills and better description of cardiac views have contributed to improve detection rate.