Congenital Heart Disease in Pregnancy Clinical Trial
Official title:
Sensitivity and Accuracy of Prenatal Diagnosis of Severe Congenital Heart Diseases in the Antwerp Region
No systematic research has been done in the last 15 years on the accuracy of prenatal ultrasound of congenital heart diseases in Belgium. Nor are there any population-based studies available on this subject for Belgium. Based on the data of EUROCAT (European Surveillance of Congenital Anomalies) the investigators analyse prenatal diagnostic sensitivity of congenital heart diseases in the EUROCAT regions Antwerp (Flanders, Belgium)
Congenital heart defects are a leading cause of infant mortality with an incidence of
0,4-1,3% at birth. Although prenatal detection rates vary widely, morphological (structural)
cardiac malformations are among the most frequently missed abnormalities by prenatal
ultrasonography.
However, identifying fetal cardiac abnormalities early in pregnancy is essential. Early
diagnosis allows extensive cardiac ultrasound, genetic testing and planning delivery in a
paediatric-cardiac centre offering optimal neonatal care.
It also may allow the future parents to consider and decide for a termination of pregnancy in
case of a severe fetal heart malformation with poor prognosis.
The investigator conducts a retrospective study on 2500 cases of congenital heart diseases
over 20 years. Detailed data for this were made available by the EUROCAT Antwerp registry, a
population-based database with controlled, reliable and robust data.
The study wants to reveal the prevalence and prenatal diagnostic sensitivity of congenital
heart defects in the EUROCAT regions Antwerp (Flanders) and especially the evolution of the
prenatal diagnostic rate over time.
In the second phase, a similar study in two adjacent regions, Hainaut (Wallonia, Belgium) and
Groningen (The Netherlands) will follow.
On condition of correct statistic processing, these data will be suitable to compare the
prevalence and to benchmark diagnostic rates of congenital heart defects in these three
regions.
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