Fetal diagnosis and therapy · 2019
Initial Experience of Superb Microvascular Imaging for Key Cardiac Views in Foetal Assessment before 15 Weeks Gestation.
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Jabak Salma, Vigneswaran Trisha V, Charakida Marietta, Kasapoglu Taner, de Jesus Cruz Jader, Simpson John M, Zidere Vita
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BACKGROUND: In the first trimester, ultrasound confirmation of normal or abnormal cardiac anatomy is difficult. B-mode and colour flow Doppler (CFD) are used to assess the foetal heart. Superb microvascular imaging (SMI) can visualise blood flow within the heart and vessels in early gestation.
OBJECTIVE: We report an initial experience of SMI for visualisation of normal and abnormal cardiac anatomy in the first trimester.
METHODS: Transabdominal foetal echocardiography was performed between 11 + 6 and 14 + 3 weeks (Aplio 500 US system, Toshiba Medical Systems, Tokyo, Japan) from January 2017 to December 2017. All scans were performed at a tertiary foetal cardiology unit. To assess the potential utility of the technique for early gestation screening, normal scans were reviewed by foetal medicine trainees with respect to the B-mode, CFD and SMI. Three key views were selected to compare modalities: the 4-chamber view, outflow tracts and the 3-vessel and trachea view (VTV). Visualisation rates of key echocardiographic features of significant cardiac abnormalities by SMI were reviewed.
RESULTS: Fifty-five normal echocardiograms and 34 cardiac abnormalities were included. In the normal heart, when B-mode, CFD and SMI were assessed separately, SMI had the highest rate of visualisation of 4-chamber, outflow tracts and 3-VTV (93, 85 and 83%, respectively). Intra-observer reliability was moderate for SMI of the 3 standard views (kappa 1, 0.64 and 0.64); inter-observer for 4-chamber and outflow tract views was moderate (kappa 0.64 and 0.77). In 29/34 abnormal cases, SMI showed key features, enhancing greyscale visualisation.
CONCLUSION: SMI has potential to become a useful, complementary modality for early foetal echocardiography. Further prospective studies are warranted to establish the place of the technique in assessment of the first trimester foetal heart.
OBJECTIVE: We report an initial experience of SMI for visualisation of normal and abnormal cardiac anatomy in the first trimester.
METHODS: Transabdominal foetal echocardiography was performed between 11 + 6 and 14 + 3 weeks (Aplio 500 US system, Toshiba Medical Systems, Tokyo, Japan) from January 2017 to December 2017. All scans were performed at a tertiary foetal cardiology unit. To assess the potential utility of the technique for early gestation screening, normal scans were reviewed by foetal medicine trainees with respect to the B-mode, CFD and SMI. Three key views were selected to compare modalities: the 4-chamber view, outflow tracts and the 3-vessel and trachea view (VTV). Visualisation rates of key echocardiographic features of significant cardiac abnormalities by SMI were reviewed.
RESULTS: Fifty-five normal echocardiograms and 34 cardiac abnormalities were included. In the normal heart, when B-mode, CFD and SMI were assessed separately, SMI had the highest rate of visualisation of 4-chamber, outflow tracts and 3-VTV (93, 85 and 83%, respectively). Intra-observer reliability was moderate for SMI of the 3 standard views (kappa 1, 0.64 and 0.64); inter-observer for 4-chamber and outflow tract views was moderate (kappa 0.64 and 0.77). In 29/34 abnormal cases, SMI showed key features, enhancing greyscale visualisation.
CONCLUSION: SMI has potential to become a useful, complementary modality for early foetal echocardiography. Further prospective studies are warranted to establish the place of the technique in assessment of the first trimester foetal heart.