Table 5.
Detection of specific cardiac defects using increased fetal nuchal translucency thickness
| Cardiac defect | No (%) of fetuses | Nuchal translucency
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| No (%) >95th centile | No (%) >99th centile | ||
| Tetralogy of Fallot | 9 (18) | 2 (22) | 2 (22) |
| Hypoplastic left heart | 3 (6) | 2 (67) | 1 (33) |
| Transposition of great arteries | 8 (16) | 4 (50) | 3 (38) |
| Coarctation of aorta, aortic stenosis, or atresia | 10 (20) | 10 (100) | 8 (80) |
| Ventricular and atrioventricular septal defects | 8 (16) | 4 (50) | 1 (13) |
| Other defects | 12 (24) | 6 (50) | 5 (42) |
| Total | 50 (100) | 28 (56) | 20 (40) |