Fetal Echocardiography I

摘要

Prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease is a very important subject for both the obstetrician and neonatal specialists for optimal care to be given to the mother, fetus and the newborn baby. With advances in ultrasound technology, fetal echocardiogram has proved to be a very important diagnostic imaging test to evaluate the structural or functional abnormalities of the fetal heart. In addition, fetal cardiac intervention is becoming a field of interest for some specific lesions like semilunar valve stenosis. In taking care of a fetus with congenital or functional heart disease, obstetricians, pediatric cardiologists and neonatologists work together for optimal outcome for the mother, fetus and the newborn baby.