Fetal echocardiographic parameters in pregnancies complicated by diabetes: a case control study

Abstract Background At present, the prevalence of pregestational diabetes is 2.2% with an overall prevalence of hyperglycaemia in pregnancy of about 16.2%. Fetuses of diabetic mothers are at risk of functional cardiac abnormalities without structural cardiac anomalies especially in the third trimest...

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Published in:	BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Main Authors:	Amal Darwish, Maged Abdel-Raouf, Rasha Kamel, Emad Salah, Mai Salah, Ahmed Okasha
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2022-08-01
Subjects:	Diabetes Mellitus Myocardial performance index Interventricular septal thickness Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Fetal echocardiography Ultrasound and fetal scan
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-022-04969-5