title: Ultrasound evaluation of the fetal heart: is it possible?
abstract: Ultrasound evaluation of the fetal heart can be performed. Knowledge of the embryology, anatomy, and function of the heart have led us to understand the pathophysiology of congenital heart disease. In this review we discuss the indications as well as some basic principles of fetal echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Pensacola, USA.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Izquierdo
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Helfgott
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Holmes
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005318:Fetal Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods*