Congenital heart disease echocardiography
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Associate Editor-In-Chief: Keri Shafer, M.D. [2], Atif Mohammad, M.D., Priyamvada Singh, MBBS
Overview
Echocardiography
Fetal Echocardiography (M-Mode) along with Doppler ultrasonography, have helped to diagnose the abnormalities in structure and function of fetal heart in utero. It could be done as early as 16 weeks of gestation. It has helped the physicians to make better management plans for pregnancy, delivery, post-natal period and parental counseling. M-mode Echocardiography can also pick arrhythmia in utero. The early detection of arrhythmia are of great importance, as it could be treated by maternal administration of anti-arrhythmic drugs like digoxin, procainamide, propranolol (reaches the fetus transplacentally)or could be directly injected to the umbilical veins of fetus.
It has become the standard for diagnosis of congenital heart malformations. It could diagnose malformations like coarctation of aorta, patent ductus arteriosus, hypoplastic left heart syndrome and others with great confidence.[1]
References
- ↑ Braunwald Zipes Libby. Heart disease: A textbook of cardiovascular medicine, 6th Edition chapter 43:W.B. Saunders ;.pp 1523
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