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Article: Research in the area of cardiology reported from Rambam Medical Center.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- November 12, 2008
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A report, 'Fetal cardiac scanning performed immediately following an abnormal nuchal translucency examination,' is newly published data in Prenatal Diagnosis. "To study the implications of early fetal cardiac scanning immediately following an abnormal nuchal translucency (NT) examination. Fetal cardiac scanning was performed immediately after an increased NT was observed," investigators in Haifa, Israel report (see also Cardiology).
"Scans were performed transvaginally at 11 to 14 weeks. Fetal echocardiography was repeated between 14 and 24 weeks in continuing pregnancies, or when the cardiac scanning appeared normal at 11 to 14 weeks. We performed 2513 NT ...