The Left Outflow Tract in Fetal Cardiac Screening Examination: Introduction of Quality Criteria Is Not Always Associated With an Improvement of Practice When Supervised by Humans.

Objectives: Since 2016, the French CNEOF included the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) in the second and third trimester of pregnancy in addition to the four-chamber view and the parasagittal view of the right outflow tract. The objective of this study was to define quality criteria for fetal LVOT assessment and to perform a human audit of past and current practices, before and after the implementation of those quality criteria at a large scale.

Methods: Seven quality criteria were investigated and rated from 0 to 1 during three periods of interest.

A cost minimization analysis comparing asynchronous tele-expertise with face-to-face consultation for prenatal diagnosis in France.

Timely detection of congenital anomalies using ultrasound improves neonatal care. As specialist sonographers are often geographically dispersed, they are sometimes requested to provide a second opinion via tele-expertise. The present study aimed to evaluate the economic impact of asynchronous tele-expertise in obstetric ultrasound care in private medical practice through a comparison with face-to-face consultations.

Asynchronous tele-expertise (ASTE) for prenatal diagnosis is feasible and cost saving: Results of a French case study.

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the potential of the use of asynchronous tele-expertise (ASTE) to provide prenatal diagnosis from a medical and economic point of view.

Population: Patients screened by a midwife at a primary center.

Methods: A technical and clinical evaluation was conducted retrospectively, and a cost minimization study compared asynchronous tele-expertise to face-to-face consultations that would have been performed without ASTE.

Prenatal Associated Features in Fetuses Diagnosed with an Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery.

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the frequency and the nature of associated anomalies, especially malformations and chromosome abnormalities, in a population of fetuses with an aberrant right subclavian artery (ARSA).

Materials And Methods: This is a 7-year descriptive study. All patients whose fetus had an ARSA diagnosed by ultrasound performed during the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd trimester of pregnancy were included, regardless of their risk of chromosomal abnormalities.