title: Fetal Diagnostics and Fetal Intervention.
abstract: Advances in ultrasound technology and specialized training have allowed clinicians to diagnose congenital heart disease in utero and counsel families on perinatal outcomes and management strategies, including fetal cardiac interventions and fetal surgery. This article gives a detailed approach to fetal cardiac assessment and provides the reader with accompanying figures and video clips to illustrate unique views and sweeps invaluable to diagnosing congenital heart disease. We demonstrate that using a sequential segmental approach to evaluate cardiac anatomy enables one to decipher the most complex forms of congenital heart disease. Also provided is a review of fetal cardiac intervention and surgery from the fetal cardiologist's perspective.
authors.affiliation: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, The McGill Building, 2835 Brandywine Road, Suite 300, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA. Electronic address: mclaughline@kidsheart.com.
authors.forename: Ericka S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: McLaughlin
authors.affiliation: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, The McGill Building, 2835 Brandywine Road, Suite 300, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA.
authors.forename: Brian A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Schlosser
authors.affiliation: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, The McGill Building, 2835 Brandywine Road, Suite 300, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: William L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Border
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005318:Fetal Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D046128:Fetal Therapies / Q000379:methods; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal
keywords: Congenital heart disease; Fetal diagnostics; Fetal echocardiography; Fetal intervention; Sequential segmental analysis