Fetal Echocardiography A Practical Guide

Fetal Echocardiography is a comprehensive, lavishly illustrated guide to fetal heart scanning for anyone involved in obstetric ultrasound. Authored by a leading pediatric cardiologist with over 30 years of experience, it brings together all the information needed by cardiologists, obstetricians, sonographers or maternal-fetal medicine clinicians in order to obtain clear, high-quality echocardiograms and interpret them. Initial chapters provide the basic principles of echocardiography and how to obtain the standard views, giving numerous illustrations of each standard view and the possible deviations from normal. Subsequent chapters present a complete pictorial representation of almost all malformations recognised in fetal life. An overview of the likely outcome of each malformation is given, backed up by personal data involving nearly 4000 abnormal fetal hearts. Additional chapters cover Fetal Arrhythmias and Early Fetal Heart Scanning. Highly illustrated and full of practical guidance, Fetal Echocardiography is an invaluable resource for all practitioners involved in obstetric scanning.

Contents; Preface; 1. Obtaining cardiac views; 2. The four-chamber view; 3. Great artery and arch views; 4. Supplementary views of the heart; 5. The use of colour and pulsed Doppler, M-mode, 2D measurement and rendering in fetal echocardiography; 6. Early fetal echocardiography; 7. Assessment and management of fetal cardiac arrhythmias; 8. Counselling, prognosis and outcome; References.

A practical, highly illustrated text on imaging the heart during fetal ultrasound examination, describing the standard views of the heart, each congenital heart malformation, and the likely outcome for each malformation. Written by an expert pediatric cardiologist, this is an invaluable resource for all practitioners involved in obstetric scanning.

Lindsey D. Allan is Professor of Fetal Cardiology at the Harris Birthright Centre for Fetal Medicine, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
Andrew C. Cook is Senior Lecturer at the Cardiac Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK.
The late Ian C. Huggon was Consultant in Fetal Cardiology at King's College Hospital, London, UK.