title: Sonography of the fetal heart: findings on the four-chamber view.
abstract: The normal and pathologic sonographic appearances of the fetal heart on four-chamber views are reviewed. Performed correctly, the four-chamber view is the best method of examining the complex cardiac anatomy of the small fetal heart and of detecting major congenital heart disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento 95817.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: McGahan
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005318:Fetal Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods*