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Pulsed doppler fetal echocardiography
Author(s) -
Huhta James C.,
Strasburger Janette F.,
Carpenter Robert J.,
Reiter Alexander,
Abinader Edward
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.1870130404
Subject(s) - medicine , in utero , fetal echocardiography , heart disease , cardiology , abnormality , fetus , doppler echocardiography , hemodynamics , gestational age , radiology , pregnancy , prenatal diagnosis , blood pressure , diastole , biology , genetics , psychiatry
Pulsed Doppler echocardiography (PDE) has proven value in the examination of the infant or child with known or suspected congenital heart disease. In order to assess how PDE might be useful in the evaluation of the infant in utero, we reviewed our experience with this technique used in combination with both cross‐sectional and M‐mode echocardiography. Where previous examinations had suggested some abnormality or where there was a risk factor for congenital heart disease, we performed PDE examinations on the cardiovascular system of 36 infants in utero ranging in gestational age from 20‐39 weeks (mean 32 weeks). PDE of the fetal heart was found to be valuable in three areas: (1) quantitation of hemodynamics, (2) characterization of cardiac rhythm, and (3) identification of certain congenital cardiovascular structural anomalies.