Frontiers in fetal cardiovascular disease.
This article reviews the state of the art in prenatal cardiovascular imaging, the elucidation of regional vascular flow patterns in the developing fetus and what can be learned from these flow patterns, the new clinical practice systems being that are being implemented to deal with the fetal patient and its family, and the prospects for fetal surgery.
Rychik
Jack
J
Fetal Heart Program, The Cardiac Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. rychik@email.chop.edu
D001775:Blood Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D018376:Cardiovascular Abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D005318:Fetal Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D046128:Fetal Therapies / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods