title: [Advances in prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart diseases].
abstract: Congenital heart diseases are the most frequent abnormalities at the time of delivery. Their importance lays in the fact that they represent 46% of neonatal deaths and they are cause of a high morbidity rate. However, an early diagnosis is difficult. The aim of this revision is to give an update on the advances in the prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart diseases and their advantages compared to conventional sonography. The introduction of new technology in the detection of congenital heart diseases has improved the acquisition of better images in terms of resolution and quality. However, there is a lack of large studies to prove its benefits in non-selected population, although preliminary studies seem to give faithful results.
authors.affiliation: Servico de Obstetricia y Ginecología, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muner-Hernando
authors.forename: Mar
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gil-Mira
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zapardiel
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis