Re: 2 vessel cord (SUA)

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As far as I know, SUA increases by a very small amount, the risk of genitourinary defects. I am not aware that you need amnio, cv scan etc.

t Sun, 20 Oct 2002, Robin wrote: >
>During my first routine ultrasound at 18 weeks, I was told I have Single
>Umbilical Artery. The heart and other organs looked good. The femur
>was about 1 week short. We decided to do an amnio and are waiting for
>the results, but our Fish test came back all normal. Do you consider a
>SUA pregnancy high risk? Should we be seeing a specialist? Would a fetal
>echocardiogram at 22 weeks always be recommended? Thank you for any
>information.

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