Challenges of prenatal diagnosis of fetal hypoplastic aortic arch and predication of the need for intervention

Jie Sun; James Starc; Randy M Stevens

doi:10.1111/jocs.16837

Challenges of prenatal diagnosis of fetal hypoplastic aortic arch and predication of the need for intervention

J Card Surg. 2022 Nov;37(11):3711-3712. doi: 10.1111/jocs.16837. Epub 2022 Sep 1.

Authors

Jie Sun¹, James Starc¹, Randy M Stevens¹

Affiliation

¹ St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

PMID: 36047368
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.16837

Abstract

Prenatal diagnosis of hypoplastic aortic arch and coarctation of aorta is still challenging and remains one of the most difficult cardiac defects to diagnose. The results reveal a significant improvement of prenatal diagnosis of hypoplastic arch and coarctation of aorta. The data also shows the significant overlapping of fetal aortic isthmus z score between the infants who need the arch procedure and those who do not.

Keywords: coarctation of aorta; prenatal diagnosis of hypoplastic aortic arch.

MeSH terms

Aorta
Aorta, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
Aorta, Thoracic / surgery
Aortic Coarctation* / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Coarctation* / surgery
Female
Humans
Infant
Pregnancy
Prenatal Diagnosis