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A Review of Findings in Fetal Cardiac Section Drawings
Author(s) -
Jeanty Philippe,
Chaoui Rabih,
Tihonenko Irina,
Grochal Frantisek
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/jum.2008.27.1.109
Subject(s) - medicine , schematic , presentation (obstetrics) , section (typography) , fetal heart , fetus , radiology , pregnancy , genetics , electronic engineering , biology , advertising , engineering , business
Objective The goal of this presentation is to review some of the common and rare fetal heart abnormalities and to provide an easy approach to these findings with the schematic drawings. Methods Over the past 10 years, we collected cases in which the common views of the heart were abnormal and the differential diagnoses that existed for each. This presentation shows the normal sonographic sections and then variations of these sections and the associated anomalies. We used illustrative drawings to present these findings, enabling us to point out the main sonographic features of abnormalities of the heart. Results This work reviews 21 fetal heart abnormalities in schematic drawings. Conclusions This short review highlights several of the anomalies that can be recognized on the common sonographic views. The drawings tend to simplify the findings but should serve as a basis for those doing fetal echocardiography when they encounter an unusual finding.