Results
The study involved 4324 pregnant (both singleton and twin) women (4366
fetuses) whose ages ranged from 18 years to 45 years. All the referred
cases had undergone routine obstetric ultrasound before referral to
detect multiple gestation and to diagnose any extra- cardiac abnormality
such as hydrops fetalis, poly or oligohydramnios, increased first
trimester nuchal translucency, abnormal fetal heart beats and abnormal
four and five chamber views, Intracardiac echogenic focus (ICEF), single
umbilical artery, cardiac mass, abnormal cardiac position. The timing of
the anomaly scan ranged from 16 to 32 weeks with a mean of 20weeks.
Their gestational age (GA) at referral for FE ranged from 16 to 34 weeks
with a mean of 23 weeks.