title: Imaging the first trimester heart: ultrasound correlation with morphology.
abstract: First trimester sonography is a widely used technique to examine the foetus early in pregnancy. The desire to recognise complex anatomy already in early developmental stages stresses the need for a thorough knowledge of basic developmental processes as well as recognition of cardiac compartments based on their morphology. In this paper, we describe the possibilities and limitations of sonographic assessment of the foetal heart between 10 and 14 weeks of gestation and correlate this to morphology. Examples of the most commonly detected congenital anomalies are atrioventricular septal defects, transposition of the great arteries, and hypoplastic left heart, which are shown in this paper.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Obstetrics,Leiden University Medical Center,Leiden,The Netherland.
authors.forename: Fenna A R
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Jansen
authors.affiliation: 2Department of Anatomy & Embryology,Leiden University Medical Center,Leiden,The Netherland.
authors.forename: Emmeline E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Calkoen
authors.affiliation: 2Department of Anatomy & Embryology,Leiden University Medical Center,Leiden,The Netherland.
authors.forename: Monique R M
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Jongbloed
authors.affiliation: 2Department of Anatomy & Embryology,Leiden University Medical Center,Leiden,The Netherland.
authors.forename: Margot M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Bartelings
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Obstetrics,Leiden University Medical Center,Leiden,The Netherland.
authors.forename: Monique C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Haak
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D005318:Fetal Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards