title: [Prenatal three-vessel and tracheal view: normal features].
abstract: Congenital heart disease (CG) are mostly from a low-risk population. Their screening should be based on reproducible and easy to use methods. Prenatal echocardiographic analysis is based primarily on the analysis of the four chambers and great vessels. The study of general admission pathways generalized since the 1980s is performed on an axial section while that of great vessels is performed in most countries more recently using several views and remains difficult. We review the features, under normal circumstances, of the three-vessel and tracheal view that allows via an axial section of the fetal thorax to assess at the same time the trunk of the main pulmonary artery and its branches, the convergence of the ductus arteriosus and the aortic arches, the superior vena cava, and the trachea. Furthermore, the use of color Doppler mode optimizes the information obtained by this view.
authors.affiliation: Unité d'échographies obstétricales et de diagnostic anténatal, hôpital Saint-Joseph, 26, boulevard de Louvain, 13285 Marseille cedex 08, France; Institut de médecine de la reproduction, 6, rue Rocca, 13008 Marseille, France. Electronic address: e.quarello@me.com.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Quarello
authors.affiliation: Centre d'échographies Ambroise-Paré, 68/70, rue Aristide-Briand, 78130 Les Mureaux, France; Service de gynécologie obstétrique Kremlin-Bicêtre, 78, rue du Général-Leclerc, 94270 Le-Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; Centre pluridisciplinaire de diagnostic prénatal de Poissy, centre hospitalier intercommunal de Poissy Saint Germain en Laye, 10, rue du champ Gaillard, 78300 Poissy, France.
authors.forename: J-P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bault
authors.affiliation: Center for Prenatal Diagnosis and Human Genetics, Friedrichstrasse 147, Berlin, Allemagne.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chaoui
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D004373:Ductus Arteriosus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D014132:Trachea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology
keywords: Congenital heart defect; Coupe des trois vaisseaux et de la trachée; Dépistage; Echocardiography; Great vessels; Gros vaisseaux; Malformation cardiaque congénitale; Screening; Three-vessel and tracheal view; Échocardiographie