Ultrasound-based incidence of coarctation of the aorta in true and false positive fetuses.

ABSTRACT: To investigate the incidence and significant ultrasound parameter changes of coarctation of the aorta (CoA) among fetuses with suspected CoA, pregnant women with suspected CoA fetuses on prenatal ultrasound examination were prospectively enrolled. The CoA presence was confirmed after birth by computed tomographic angiography, ultrasound, surgery or autopsies. The ultrasound parameters were analyzed. Among 133 fetuses with suspected CoA, 44 (33.1%) pregnant women with CoA fetuses were confirmed after delivery with an age range 20-41 (31.36 ± 4.73) years and a gestational age range 20.5-36.5 (27.35 ± 4.52) weeks, and 89 (66.9%) pregnant women were confirmed to have false-positive CoA fetuses with matched (P > 0.05) age (range 21-44 and mean 30.96 ± 4.59 years) and gestational age (range 19.6

SUBMITTER: Chen G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11958706 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature