Abstract:Background: Truncus arteriosus (TA) is a rare congenital heart defect that can be prenatally detected by fetal echocardiography. However, prognostication and prenatal counseling focus primarily on surgical outcomes due to limited fetal and neonatal pre-surgical mortality data. We aimed to describe the incidence and identify predictors of perinatal pre-surgical mortality in prenatally detected TA. Methods: This two-center, retrospective cohort study included fetuses diagnosed with TA between 01/2010 and 04/2020… Show more
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