Indications for Fetal Echocardiography
β Scribed by M. Small; J. A. Copel
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 224 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0172-0643
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## Abstract ## Purpose The present study was conducted to evaluate the indications for fetal echocardiography in a tertiaryβcare obstetric sonography practice and to determine the incidences of confirmed congenital heart disease for each primary indication. ## Methods A retrospective analysis of
The impact of fetal echocardiography (FE) was studied in 65 families where a previous child had been born with heart disease and where FE showed normal cardiac anatomy in the fetus. Forty-six of the families had lost their child with heart disease (Group 1), while the child was alive in 19 of the fa