Is the Rate of Congenital Heart Defects Detected by Fetal Echocardiography Among Pregnancies Conceived by In Vitro Fertilization Really Increased?
Bahtiyar MO, Campbell K, Dulay AT, Kontic-Vucinic O, Weeks BP, Friedman AH, Copel JA. Is the Rate of Congenital Heart Defects Detected by Fetal Echocardiography Among Pregnancies Conceived by In Vitro Fertilization Really Increased? Journal Of Ultrasound In Medicine 2010, 29: 917-922. PMID: 20498466, DOI: 10.7863/jum.2010.29.6.917.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIVF pregnanciesFrequency of CHDsFetal echocardiographyCHD riskGeneral populationCongenital heartContemporary general populationIVF twin pregnanciesHigher-order pregnanciesIntracytoplasmic sperm injectionFertilization pregnanciesStudy patientsTwin gestationsTwin pregnanciesPrenatal prevalencePopulation dataStudy populationHigh riskSperm injectionPregnancyVitro FertilizationEchocardiographyReferral programCHDPatients