OBJECTIVE To improve the rate of prenatal detection of cardiac malformations in a low risk population. DESIGN Comparison of extended fetal echocardiography with the standard four chamber view in detecting abnormalities. Extended echocardiography comprised the four chamber view and visualisation of the left ventricular outflow tract, the right ventricular outflow tract, and the main pulmonary ...

A girl with symmetrical intrauterine growth retardation and a birth weight of 2240 g was delivered at term by primary cesarean section to a 27-year-old primiparous woman. Fetal echocardiography had shown a nearly atretic tricuspid valve. Postnatally, the child stabilized rapidly but showed signs of heart failure with tachypnea and general weakness, as well as cyanosis (transcutaneous oxygen sat...

INTRODUCTION Fetal AV block in SSA/Ro pregnancies is generally not seen before 18-week gestation and onset is rare after 28-week gestation. If complete AV block appears, it is believed to be irreversible. The purpose of the study was to evaluate precise electrophysiological AV conduction from 18-week gestation onwards. PATIENTS AND METHODS 21 fetuses of pregnant women with collagen vascular d...