Influence of ultrasonographers training on prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart diseases: a 12‐year population‐based study

Since 1998, French multidisciplinary prenatal diagnosis centers (CPDPN) offer a training opportunity to first‐level screening sonographers. This study measures the impact of this training on prenatal detection rates of congenital heart diseases (CHDs).

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