Congenital complete heart block (CCHB) is associated with high intrauterine and post-natal mortality. Prenatal detection management, as well appropriate delivery planning, may improve the outcomes in CCHB. We describe a rare case of CCHB that initially presented fetal ascites high-grade second-degree noted on echocardiography. The mother was to be positive for anti-SSA antibodies, treatment mat...

In 2006 the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG) published practice guidelines for the sonographic screening of congenital heart disease (CHD) during the second trimester of pregnancy1. This document described two levels for screening low-risk fetuses for heart anomalies. Firstly, a ‘basic’ scan should be performed by analyzing a four-chamber view of the feta...

A fetus was noted to have a mediastinal mass on prenatal ultrasound. Fetal echocardiography at 26 weeks of gestation demonstrated a large cystic structure adjacent to the left atrium and left ventricle (Figure 1). The baby was born full term. Echocardiography revealed a large, thin-walled aneurysm (333 cm) lateral to the left atrium and communicating with it through an orifice posterior to the ...

We describe a case of absent aortic and pulmonary valves, diagnosed at 16.4 weeks of gestation. Fetal echocardiography showed cardiomegaly with dilated both ventricles. No valve leaflets were observed in the aorta and pulmonary artery, and a typical to-and-fro flow pattern was noted in both great arteries on color Doppler imaging. Fetal hydrops was also detected. Follow-up ultrasonographic eval...

This study describes a 34-year-old pregnant woman who underwent prenatal echocardiography at 24 weeks of gestation and found fetal heart abnormalities. She in our hospital. Echocardiography showed complex malformation heart, thickening calcification left ventricular myocardium tendon, weakening or even flattening wall movement, very severe mitral stenosis, regurgitation, aortic narrowing the ar...