Fetal echocardiography

• DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.44524
• Publication Date: 2009-02-24T06:22:42Z
• Authors: Nitin G. Chaubal; Jyoti Chaubal
• Keywords: pulmonary veins; right ventricular outfl ow tract; R895-920; fetal echocardiography; fetal echo; 3. Good health; ductus arteriosus; Arch of aorta; Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine; 03 medical and health sciences; left ventricular outfl ow tract; 0302 clinical medicine; pulmonary artery; Obstetric Symposium; inferior vena cava; superior vena cava

AbstractUSG performed with a high-end machine, using a good cine-loop facility is extremely helpful in the diagnosis of fetal cardiac anomalies. In fetal echocardiography, the four-chamber view and the outflow-tract view are used to diagnose cardiac anomalies. The most important objective during a targeted anomaly scan is to identify those cases that need a dedicated fetal echocardiogram. Associated truncal and chromosomal anomalies need to be identified. This review shows how fetal echocardiography, apart from identifying structural defects in the fetal heart, can be used to look at rhythm abnormalities and other functional aspects of the fetal heart.