2nd edition. — Wolters Kluwer, 2010. — 388 p. — ISBN: 978-0781797573
This simple and easy-to-use guide to fetal echocardiography will help physicians and sonographers obtain a complete evaluation of the normal and abnormal fetal heart. The book is written in a user-friendly style and thoroughly illustrated with ultrasound images accompanied by schematic drawings. This edition presents a comprehensive approach to the examination of the fetal heart and covers all major cardiac malformations. Chapters include color Doppler in fetal echocardiography, three-dimensional ultrasound in fetal echocardiography, first and early second trimester imaging of the fetal heart, and an updated genetics section. This book, written by internationally recognized experts in fetal echocardiography, is a must-have for physicians and sonographers interested in this field.
Congenital Heart Disease: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Prevention
Genetic Aspects of Congenital Heart Defects
Prenatal Screening for Congenital Heart Disease
General Anatomic Landmarks of the Fetal Heart
The Cardiac Chambers
The Great Vessels
Color Doppler in Fetal Echocardiography
Pulsed Doppler Echocardiography
Three-dimensional Fetal Echocardiography: Basic and Advanced Applications
Fetal Echocardiography in Early Gestation
Aortic Stenosis and Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Coarctation of the Aorta and Interrupted Aortic Arch
Pulmonary Stenosis, Pulmonary Atresia, and Ductus Arteriosus Constriction
Ebstein Anomaly, Tricuspid Valve Dysplasia, and Tricuspid Regurgitation
Atrial, Ventricular, and Atrioventricular Septal Defects
Univentricular Atrioventricular Connection, Double Inlet Ventricle, and Tricuspid Atresia with Ventricular Septal Defect
Tetralogy of Fallot, Pulmonary Atresia with Ventricular Septal Defect, and Absent Pulmonary Valve Syndrome
Common Arterial Trunk
Double Outlet Right Ventricle
Complete and Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries
Right Aortic Arch, Double Aortic Arch, and Aberrant Subclavian Artery
Fetal Heterotaxy, Left Atrial Isomerism, Right Atrial Isomerism, and Situs Inversus
Anomalies of Systemic and Pulmonary Venous Connections
Fetal Cardiomyopathies and Fetal Heart Tumors
Fetal Arrhythmias