title: [Echocardiography diagnosis of fetal cardiac structural abnormalities].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the application of echocardiography diagnosis of fetal cardiac structural abnormalities.
  
  
  METHODS
  The echocardiography findings of 9 352 fetus were studied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 472 cases showed cardiac structural abnormalities, including 7 cases of ventricular septal defect, 53 cases of atrioventricular septal defect, 49 cases of atrial septal defect, 26 cases of tetralogy of Fallot, 21 cases of persistent truncus arteriosus, 20 cases of Ebstein's anomaly and 206 cases of other cardiac abnormalities. There were 17 cases with cardiac arrhythmia, 9 with heart failure, and 5 with hydrops.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Fetal echocardiography is a promising diagnostic tool for prenatal evaluation of cardiac structural abnormalities. The echocardiography diagnosis and evaluation for fetal congenital cardiovascular malformations is the foundation of the guidance and monitoring in intrauterine fetal cardiac intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ultrasound, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
authors.forename: Sen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Jiao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yi-Min
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Hua
authors.forename: Kai-Yu
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Nan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D015160:Hydrops Fetalis / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal