{"id":1393,"date":"2021-04-23T08:31:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T06:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jahs.eu\/?page_id=1393"},"modified":"2021-04-23T12:02:07","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T10:02:07","slug":"hrvatski-sonographic-assessment-of-the-fetal-heart-circumference-as-a-predictor-of-the-gestational-age","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jahs.eu\/hr\/hrvatski-sonographic-assessment-of-the-fetal-heart-circumference-as-a-predictor-of-the-gestational-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonographic Assessment of the Fetal Heart Circumference as a Predictor of the Gestational Age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sonographic Assessment of the Fetal Heart Circumference as a Predictor of the Gestational Age<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jahs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/03.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-832\" src=\"http:\/\/jahs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/jahs100pdf.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1Carnot N Ntafam<br \/>\n2 Nwobi Ivor<br \/>\n1 David Otohinoyi<br \/>\n1 Okikiade Adedeji<br \/>\n3 Joseph Dimas<\/p>\n<p>1 All Saint University School of Medicine, St Vincent Campus<br \/>\n2 Department of Radiography, University of Maiduguri<br \/>\n3 Department of Radiology, Federal Medical Centre, Katsina<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Abstract<\/p>\n<p>Introduction: Ultrasound is a non-invasive imaging modality, safe for both the mother and the fetus, which uses a high frequency sound to generate images of body tissues and organs. It has been widely used for fetal evaluation and dating.<\/p>\n<p>Purpose: To determine normative values of fetal heart circumference (FHC) as a predictor of the gestational age (GA) in black population and compare it to those of the Caucasian population.<\/p>\n<p>Material and Methods: A prospective cross-sectional study was carried at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), Nigeria. 324 women with a singleton pregnancy between 12 -40 weeks, who conceived naturally, were scanned using a 2D ultrasound machine with a 3.5 MHz curvilinear probe. Two fetal heart diameters at right angle to each other were taken at the level of the four-heart chamber view, during diastole.<\/p>\n<p>Results: There is a strong positive linear correlation between the FHC and the GA (r2= 0.964, p&lt;0.001). The equation of GA prediction is Y=0.246X + 5.06 (where y=GA, X=FHC). FHC weekly growth rate is 3.81mm. FHC is more accurate between 12-20 weeks GA and its accuracy decreases as the pregnancy progresses. There is a strong correlation between FHC and biparietal diameter (BPD) (r2=0.959), HC(r2=0.946) and FL (r2= 0.962).<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion: The study has derived a nomogram of FHC as a predictor of the GA in Nigerian population and has shown that the FHC is a good predictor of GA especially in the early second trimester. Also, there was a statistically significant difference between the FHC in our study population (blacks) and those of the Caucasian population.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Keywords: Fetal Heart circumference (FHC), Gestational age (GA), Ultrasound scan, nomogram<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.24141\/1\/7\/2\/3\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.24141\/1\/7\/2\/3<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sonographic Assessment of the Fetal Heart Circumference as a Predictor of the Gestational Age 1Carnot N Ntafam 2 Nwobi Ivor 1 David Otohinoyi 1 Okikiade Adedeji 3 Joseph Dimas 1 All Saint University School of Medicine, St Vincent Campus 2 Department of Radiography, University of Maiduguri 3 Department of Radiology, Federal Medical Centre, Katsina &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1393","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jahs.eu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jahs.eu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jahs.eu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jahs.eu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jahs.eu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1393"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/jahs.eu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1439,"href":"https:\/\/jahs.eu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1393\/revisions\/1439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jahs.eu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}