Author(s)

Rehab M. Abdelrahman^1*, Ahmed R. M. Ramy¹, Amr M. Abdelhady²

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternity Hospital, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
²Fetal Care Unit, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

Objective: To compare the diagnostic accuracy of Fetal Intelligent Navigation Echocardiography (FINE) method by Five-Dimensional Ultrasound in automated fetal heart examination to conventional fetal heart examination by Two-Dimensional ultrasound in second trimester pregnancy. Methods: 90 normal singleton pregnancies at the second trimester were enrolled in this prospective study. Fetal heart was examined by Two-Dimensional Ultrasound (2D US) and Five-Dimensional Ultrasound (FINE). Paired numerical data were compared using the paired samples t test. Inter-method agreement for the rating of the quality of cardiac views by 2D US or 5D US was assessed by calculation of the prevalence-adjusted and bias-adjusted kappa coefficient (PABAK). Results: There was no statistical significant difference between fetal heart echocardiography assessment using 2DUS or 5DUS(FINE) (p-value > 0.05). The overall inter-method agreement between 2D US and 5D US was 0.92. The difference in % of satisfactory views between 2D and 5D US was 1.73%, (95% CI - 0.5% to 3.33%) (P-value = 0.144). Conclusion: Our findings indicate the accuracy of 5DUS (FINE) echocardiography in evaluation of normal heart in the second trimester of pregnancy.

Fetal Heart Echocardiography, Fetal Intelligent Navigation Echocardiography, 5DUS

M. Abdelrahman, R. , R. M. Ramy, A. and M. Abdelhady, A. (2018) The Diagnostic Accuracy of Automated Fetal Heart Echocardiography by Five Dimensional Compared to Two-Dimensional Ultrasound in the Second Trimester of Pregnancy. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 8, 513-520. doi: 10.4236/ojog.2018.85058.