Dr. Sheetal R. Patel, MD, discusses how advances in early fetal echocardiography—performed before 18 weeks—are transforming ...

What is Fetal Heart Ultrasound? Fetal echocardiography helps in diagnosis of cardiac birth defects, and is similar to the ultrasound procedure during pregnancy. Also known as fetal heart ultrasound or ...

Pregnancy is a beautiful thing, an unborn baby growing inside the shelter of his mother’s body. Many mothers would never think that anything could be wrong with their little ones but would make great ...

Fetuses with increased nuchal thickness (visualized on fetal NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY assessment), with or without chromosome abnormalities, have an increased risk of developing cardiac abnormalities, ...

Congenital heart defects are the most common type of birth defect, affecting nearly 1% of births per year in the United States, according to the CDC. About one in four infants with a congenital heart ...

Scanning for serious structural issues in fetuses during the first trimester can result in earlier detection of these issues, ...

Pregnancy is essential in every woman's life. During this period, the health and well-being of the woman and the developing fetus are equally important. For women with high-risk pregnancies, regular ...

Carvalho and colleagues have elegantly demonstrated the ability of early fetal echocardiography between 11 and 16 weeks' gestation to accurately assess the fetal heart in high-risk pregnancies. Their ...

Original article Carvalho JS et al. (2004) Clinical impact of first and early second trimester fetal echocardiography on high risk pregnancies. Heart 90: 921-926 Fetuses with increased nuchal ...