Extracardiac lesions and chromosomal abnormalities associated with major fetal heart defects: comparison of intrauterine, postnatal and postmortem diagnoses

Abstract

Major extracardiac and chromosomal abnormalities are common in fetuses with major fetal CHD. Many important associated extracardiac abnormalities may be missed prenatally, which should be taken into consideration in the prenatal counseling for fetal CHD.