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ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
卷 47, 期 1, 页码 58-64出版社
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/uog.15764
关键词
autopsy; congenital heart disease; histopathology; micro-CT; perinatal
资金
- UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
- NIHR
- Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity
- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital
- Nikon Metrology
- Volume Graphics GmbH
- National Institute for Health Research [NIHR-CS-012-002] Funding Source: researchfish
Objectives Congenital cardiac malformations are commonly identified at perinatal autopsy, which can be challenging in fetuses of early gestation and in macerated fetuses. Our objective was to examine fetal complex congenital heart disease by microcomputed tomography (micro-CT), using standard autopsy as the gold standard. Methods In this ethically approved study, ex-vivo isolated fetal heart and fetal heart-lung blocks underwent iodine preparation prior to micro-CT, and were fixed in formalin after the micro-CT examination. Images were acquired using a microfocus-CT scanner with individual specimen image optimization. Twenty-one indices assessed normally at autopsy were evaluated for each dataset. Cardiac dissection was performed using a dissecting microscope within 24 h of the micro-CT examination. Results We examined six fetal hearts, comprising five with complex congenital cardiac malformations at a gestational age of 17-23 weeks and an anatomically normal heart of 23 weeks' gestation for reference. All specimens demonstrated excellent internal contrast at micro-CT examination, and the correct overall diagnosis was made in all cases. There was agreement for 114/126 indices assessed on micro-CT and at autopsy dissection (overall concordance of 95.8% (95% CI, 90.5-98.2%)). Micro-CT was particularly useful in the assessment of ventricular morphology in macerated fetuses. Conclusions Micro-CT of small ex-vivo fetal specimens can provide highly accurate three-dimensional rendering of complex congenital fetal heart disease. This approach represents a significant advance in postmortem imaging non-invasive examination of small fetuses and organs. Copyright (c) 2015 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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