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I read with interest the article published in Prenatal Diagnosis entitled, “Utility of novel fetal echocardiographic morphometric measures of the aortic arch in the diagnosis of neonatal coarctation of the… Click to show full abstract
I read with interest the article published in Prenatal Diagnosis entitled, “Utility of novel fetal echocardiographic morphometric measures of the aortic arch in the diagnosis of neonatal coarctation of the aorta.” This study was recently part of a meta‐analysis reviewing several ultrasound approaches to prenatally detect coarctation of the aorta (CoA) and was ranked as having the highest sensitivity (95%) and specificity (100%) among the reviewed studies. Examination of the equation published by Arya et al to predict the probability of CoAhas an error in Figure 3. In the calculation of the probability of CoA, the authors have computed the probability of classifying at‐risk fetuses as having or not having coarctation (0% = not having
Journal Title: Prenatal Diagnosis
Year Published: 2018
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