Fetal echocardiography: Is an anxiety and stress factor for mother and fetus?

Purpose: There are conflicting data about the effects of fetal echocardiography (fECHO) on psychiatric symptoms mother and cardiac evaluation fetus. 
 Methods: This study included 119 pregnant women who evaluated using fECHO as group 65 healthy ultrasonography for routine screening control group. All participants filled out State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) Beck Depression (BDI) before assessment. Results: Mitral flow velocity, Tricuspid Aorta velocity (AFV), Pulmonary artery Fetal heart rate (FHR) was by fECHO. STAI-S, STAI-T PSS scores were higher than In group, AFV values with high STAI-S those low scores. FHR in compared to Correlation analyses showed that number pregnancies positively correlated. found be negatively correlated Conclusion: can cause anxiety stress may have negative evaluation.