title: Examination of the fetal heart with two-dimensional echocardiography.
abstract: The methodology of the two-dimensional fetal echocardiography is described by the basic of the accepted international nomenclature. By their opinion it is necessary that on the 18-20th weeks of gestation the high risk pregnants in aspect congenital heart disease examined by well-trained specialists. The indications of the echocardiography are listed, too.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Szent-Györgyi Albert University Medical School Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pál
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gembruch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hansmann
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005318:Fetal Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal