Fetal echocardiography: a window to the developing heart.
This paper aims to help the reader understand the indications and the underlying physiologic concepts that relate to the findings obtained from a fetal cardiac evaluation. Techniques to obtain the basic fetal echocardiographic views and to identify gross cardiac abnormalities will also be discussed.
Lantin
M Regina L
MR
Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Memorial Hermann Children's Hospital, 77030, USA. M.R.Lantin-Hermoso@uth.tmc.edu
D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005333:Fetus / Q000098:blood supply; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal