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Journal of Medical Ultrasonics

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2001 - Vol.28

Vol.28 No.06

Case Report(症例報告)

(J939 - J944)

胎児心臓スクリーニング検査における流出路観察で発見された先天性心疾患の2例 -流出路観察の重要性について-

Two Cases of Congenital Heart Disease Detected by Outflow-Tract Scan in Fetal Heart Screening

辻村 久美子1, 角 毅一郎2, 和泉 玲子3, 木村 寛子1, 本田 玲子1, 佐々木 とし子3, 輿 トキ子3, 和泉 俊一郎4

Kumiko TSUJIMURA1, Kiichirou SUMI2, Reiko IZUMI3, Hiroko KIMURA1, Reiko HONDA1, Toshiko SASAKI3, Tokiko KOSHI3, Shun-ichiro IZUMI4

1日本鋼管病院生理検査室, 2日本鋼管病院産婦人科, 3コシ産婦人科医院, 4東海大学病院産婦人科

1Clinical Laboratory, Nippon Kokan Hospital, 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nippon Kokan Hospital, 3Koshi Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic, 4Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tokai University School of Medicine

キーワード : complete transposition of the great arteries, congenital heart disease, fetal heart screening, tetralogy of Fallot

Fetal cardiac diseases are common congenital anomalies that significantly influence perinatal outcome. Despite increased use of prenatal ultrasonography, however, the rate of detection of congenital heart defect (CHD) before birth remains very low. To improve this rate, we propose more efficient fetal heart screening during routine prenatal evaluation, because 90 percent of CHD cases occur in lower-risk populations. Although the four-chamber view is most commonly used when observing the fetal heart, more than half of all cases of CHD are reported to be overlooked when this is the only view used. Here we report two cases of CHD, (1) complete transposition of the great arteries and (2) tetralogy of Fallot, that were diagnosed from abnormalities detected by the outflow-tract scan, not by the four-chamber view. These cases suggest that detection of CHD in fetal heart screening would be improved by using the outflow-tract scan in addition to the four-chamber view. We therefore propose that observation of outflow tracts be included in fetal heart screening.