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Table 5 Comparison between fetal and postnatal echocardiography

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

 

FE

NE

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

PPV (%)

NPV (%)

Accuracy (%)

Complex CHD

10

10

100

100

100

100

100

Common AV canal*

6

6

100

100

100

100

100

Conotrunchal anomaly

3

3

100

100

100

100

100

Cardiac mass

1

1

100

100

100

100

100

  1. FE fetal echocardiography, PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value, NE neonatal echocardiography
  2. *Including the case with associated arrhythmia