Fetal heart size measurements as new predictors of homozygous α‐thalassemia‐1 in mid‐pregnancy

ConclusionFetal heart size measurements are novel, effective and noninvasive predictors of homozygosity for α‐thalassemia‐1 in mid‐pregnancy. The discriminatory power of HD and HA z‐scores was better than while that of HC and HL z‐scores was comparable to that of CTR. Further investigation is needed to understand the effectiveness of these predictors.

Source: Congenital Heart Disease - December 1, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Xinyan Li, Xiaoxia Qiu, Huan Huang, Yili Zhao, Xueqin Li, Meng Li, Xiaoxian Tian Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research