Prenatal Diagnosis of Fetal Interrupted Aortic Arch Type A by Two‐Dimensional Echocardiography and Four‐Dimensional Echocardiography with B‐Flow Imaging and Spatiotemporal Image Correlation

Fetal interrupted aortic arch (IAA) is a rare cardiac anomaly and its prenatal diagnosis is challenging. The purpose of our report is to evaluate the use of two‐dimensional echocardiography (2DE) and 4D echocardiography with B‐flow imaging and spatiotemporal image correlation (4D BF‐STIC) in detecting IAA type A (IAA‐A).

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