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- Pregnancy Complications
- Pregnancy Complications
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Note from the Editor-in-Chief
- Normal Laboratory Values (Conventional Units) []
- Section 1 Antepartum (Early Pregnancy)
- Section 2 Antepartum (Mid-trimester)
- Case 12 A 25-Year-Old with Cervical Insufficiency at 18 Weeks
- Case 13 A 25-Year-Old with an Echogenic Cardiac Focus at 19 Weeks’ Gestation
- Case 14 A 20-Year-Old with Right Lower Quadrant Pain at 15 Weeks’ Gestation
- Case 15 A 40-Year-Old with Decreased Libido at 29 Weeks
- Case 16 A 35-Year-Old with a Left Breast Mass at 35 Weeks
- Case 17 A 25-Year-Old at 14 Weeks’ Gestation with Pelvic Pain and Inability to Void
- Case 18 A 35-Year-Old with Abdominal Cramping and Pelvic Pain at 24 Weeks’ Gestation
- Case 19 Appendicitis Presenting as Nausea, Vomiting, and Abdominal Pain at 16 Weeks
- Section 3 Antepartum (Late Pregnancy)
- Section 4 Antepartum (Medical Complications)
- Section 5 Antepartum (Infectious Complications)
- Section 6 Intrapartum/Delivery
- Section 7 Postpartum
- Section 8 Fetal Complications
- Section 9 Placental Complications
- Section 10 Complications of the Cord, Amnion, and Gravid Uterus
- Section 11 Psychosocial Considerations
- Index
- References
Case 13 - A 25-Year-Old with an Echogenic Cardiac Focus at 19 Weeks’ Gestation
from Section 2 - Antepartum (Mid-trimester)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 April 2025
- Pregnancy Complications
- Pregnancy Complications
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Note from the Editor-in-Chief
- Normal Laboratory Values (Conventional Units) []
- Section 1 Antepartum (Early Pregnancy)
- Section 2 Antepartum (Mid-trimester)
- Case 12 A 25-Year-Old with Cervical Insufficiency at 18 Weeks
- Case 13 A 25-Year-Old with an Echogenic Cardiac Focus at 19 Weeks’ Gestation
- Case 14 A 20-Year-Old with Right Lower Quadrant Pain at 15 Weeks’ Gestation
- Case 15 A 40-Year-Old with Decreased Libido at 29 Weeks
- Case 16 A 35-Year-Old with a Left Breast Mass at 35 Weeks
- Case 17 A 25-Year-Old at 14 Weeks’ Gestation with Pelvic Pain and Inability to Void
- Case 18 A 35-Year-Old with Abdominal Cramping and Pelvic Pain at 24 Weeks’ Gestation
- Case 19 Appendicitis Presenting as Nausea, Vomiting, and Abdominal Pain at 16 Weeks
- Section 3 Antepartum (Late Pregnancy)
- Section 4 Antepartum (Medical Complications)
- Section 5 Antepartum (Infectious Complications)
- Section 6 Intrapartum/Delivery
- Section 7 Postpartum
- Section 8 Fetal Complications
- Section 9 Placental Complications
- Section 10 Complications of the Cord, Amnion, and Gravid Uterus
- Section 11 Psychosocial Considerations
- Index
- References
Summary
In a low-risk patient with negative cell-free DNA screening for Down syndrome, the finding of an isolated soft marker on second-trimester ultrasound such as a single echogenic intracardiac focus is not clinically significant. In the absence of other abnormal ultrasound findings, no follow-up testing is recommended for this isolated result. Reassurance can be provided to the patient. In the era of immediate release of ultrasound reports with the electronic medical record, anticipatory guidance regarding possible findings can be reviewed with patients at the time of ordering tests and studies to reduce anxiety.
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- Pregnancy ComplicationsA Case-Based Approach, pp. 40 - 42Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025