title: Fetal cardiac interventions: rationale, risk and benefit.
abstract: Fetal congenital heart disease may progress during pregnancy and may lead to irreversible myocardial or pulmonary damage. The rationale of fetal intracardiac interventions is to change fetal hemodynamics, prevent secondary damage and improve long-term outcome at an acceptable risk for mother and fetus. This review focuses on the current experience about patient selection, risks and benefits of this technique.
authors.affiliation: Children's Heart Centre Linz, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Krankenhausstrasse 26-30, A-4020 Linz, Austria. Electronic address: gerald.tulzer@gespag.at.
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tulzer
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Arzt
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005318:Fetal Heart / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000196:embryology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D046128:Fetal Therapies / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000196:embryology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000196:embryology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D063130:Maternal Death / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011247:Pregnancy; D018570:Risk Assessment
keywords: Aortic stenosis; Congenital heart disease; Fetal cardiac intervention; Fetus