What is Fetal Heart Ultrasound? Fetal echocardiography helps in diagnosis of cardiac birth defects, and is similar to the ultrasound procedure during pregnancy. Also known as fetal heart ultrasound or ...

Pregnancy is a beautiful thing, an unborn baby growing inside the shelter of his mother’s body. Many mothers would never think that anything could be wrong with their little ones but would make great ...

Fetuses with increased nuchal thickness (visualized on fetal NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY assessment), with or without chromosome abnormalities, have an increased risk of developing cardiac abnormalities, ...

Congenital heart defects are the most common type of birth defect, affecting nearly 1% of births per year in the United States, according to the CDC. About one in four infants with a congenital heart ...

The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) announced today that ultrasound practice accreditation is now available in Fetal Echocardiography. The program sets the standard for care in ...

Pregnancy is essential in every woman's life. During this period, the health and well-being of the woman and the developing fetus are equally important. For women with high-risk pregnancies, regular ...

New research presented this week at ACR Convergence 2022, the American College of Rheumatology's annual meeting, found that most echocardiography screening for fetal congenital heart block in anti-Ro- ...

Fetal echocardiography is a detailed examination of the foetal heart and the connecting vessels done usually between 20 or 22 weeks. Fetal heart defects are the most common form of birth defects in ...

Carvalho and colleagues have elegantly demonstrated the ability of early fetal echocardiography between 11 and 16 weeks' gestation to accurately assess the fetal heart in high-risk pregnancies. Their ...