title: [Prenatal detection of congenital heart disease].
abstract: Foetal echocardiography is a sensitive and specific method of investigation for prenatal detection of cardiac malformations. Experience has shown that brief echocardiographic screening can demonstrate, directly or indirectly, the presence of or probability of serious cardiac disease in the foetus as early as the 18th-20th weeks of pregnancy. The method of examination and its limitations are mentioned and it is recommended that screening should be carried out as part of other forms of obstetric ultrasonic scanning. Early prenatal diagnosis of severe structural cardiac malformations provide the possibility for selective termination of pregnancy, optimal pre- and perinatal observation and treatment. The possibility of prenatal diagnosis of serious cardiac malformations increases the value of obstetric ultrasonic scanning and may be included among the advantages of offering this form of investigation to all pregnant women.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Sørensen
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Brocks
authors: J R
authors: JR
authors: Jacobsen
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis
vernacular_title: Praenatal opsporing af kongenit hjertesygdom.