Antenatal diagnosis of fetal heart disease.
Antenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease is most commonly made at the routine 20-week anomaly scan. Not all abnormalities can be detected by prenatal ultrasound but detection can be improved by obtaining outlet views and by the use of colour Doppler. This article provides an overview of the uses and limitations of fetal echocardiography.
Liverpool Women's Hospital, Liverpool L8 7SS.
Devender
D
Roberts
Denise
D
Kitchiner
D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005544:Forecasting; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011379:Prognosis; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods*