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Table 2 Discrepancies between routine obstetric ultrasound scan and FE

From: Clinical utility of fetal echocardiography: an Egyptian center experience

Case number

Obstetric US

FE

Post natal assessment

Cases with suspicious Obstetric US and normal FE

(18, 55, 61–69)

Suspicious

Normal

Normal

(21) and (56)

Suspicious

Normal

Not done (Lost follow up)

(43)

Suspicious

Normal

Not done (IUFD)

Cases with positive findings by FE and unsuspicious obstetric US

(39)

Normal

Cono-trunchal anomaly

Not done (Lost follow up)

(45,52)

Normal

Complex CHD

Confirmed

(46)

Normal

Complex CHD

Not done (Stillbirth)

(51)

Normal

Common AV canal

Not done (Lost follow up)

(58)

Normal

Prolonged PR interval

confirmed

(72)

Normal

Atrial tachycardia

Not done (Elective termination)

(75, 82)

Normal

Common AV canal

Confirmed

  1. CHD congenital heart defect, FE fetal echocardiography, NE neonatal echocardiography, US ultrasound