Abstract
Objectives: Diagnosing genetic abnormalities in intrauterine growth retriction (IUGR) fetuses with cardiac malformation on ultrasound.
Subjects and Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study performed on case files of patients admitted from August 2022 to September 2023 collected 73 fetuses with cardiac malformations undergoing amniocentesis for prenatal diagnosis at the National Hospital of Obstetric and Gynecology.
Results: 9 cases of IUGR with cardiac malformations on ultrasound were found to have genetic abnormalities, including 8 CNV (copy number variations) classified as pathogenic, 1 CNV of unknown clinical significance. The abnormal CNV were mainly concentrated in two types of cardiac malformations: ventricular septal defect and tetralogy of Fallot. In these 9 cases, SNP Array detected 4 more cases of genetic abnormalities, twice as high as the chromosome results.
Conclusion: All fetuses with congenital heart defects and IUGR were found to have genetic abnormalities and SNP Array has high superiority in prenatal diagnosis.
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