title: [Prenatal diagnosis of congenital cardiopathy].
abstract: Fetal echocardiography can be performed as early as the 16th week gestation and with improved equipment all forms of congenital heart diseases can be detected in utero. In this article we discuss the indications for a fetal heart echocardiography and the techniques used in a fetal heart examination and review the structural and functional information that can be obtained.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cardiología, Hospital del Niño.
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Leandro
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Blandón
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal