FREQUENCY: VERY LOW YIELD OF FETAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN HIGH-RISK PREGNANCIES WITH A NORMAL OBSTETRICAL SECOND-TRIMESTER ULTRASOUND

Current guidelines recommend a fetal echocardiogram (FE) for pregnancies at increased risk of congenital heart disease (CHD) despite a normal 2nd-trimester obstetrical ultrasound (U/S). Previous studies suggested that such practices may not improve overall CHD detection rates, while being resource-