Table 5.
Detection of specific cardiac defects using increased fetal nuchal translucency thickness
Cardiac defect | No (%) of fetuses | Nuchal translucency
|
|
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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) |