A Practical Guide to Fetal Echocardiography Normal and Abnormal Hearts

by Abuhamad, Alfred Z.; Chaoui, Rabih

• ISBN13: 9780781797573
• ISBN10: 0781797578
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-11-05
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. iv
Preface	p. v
Congenital Heart Disease: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Prevention	p. 1
Genetic Aspects of Congenital Heart Defects	p. 11
Prenatal Screening for Congenital Heart Disease	p. 23
General Anatomic Landmarks of the Fetal Heart	p. 30
The Cardiac Chambers	p. 45
The Great Vessels	p. 60
Color Doppler in Fetal Echocardiography	p. 77
Pulsed Doppler Echocardiography	p. 90
Three-dimensional Fetal Echocardiography: Basic and Advanced Applications	p. 110
Fetal Echocardiography in Early Gestation	p. 128
Aortic Stenosis and Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome	p. 138
Coarctation of the Aorta and Interrupted Aortic Arch	p. 158
Pulmonary Stenosis, Pulmonary Atresia, and Ductus Arteriosus Constriction	p. 174
Ebstein Anomaly, Tricuspid Valve Dysplasia, and Tricuspid Regurgitation	p. 191
Atrial, Ventricular, and Atrioventricular Septal Defects	p. 206
Univentricular Atrioventricular Connection, Double Inlet Ventricle, and Tricuspid Atresia with Ventricular Septal Defect	p. 229
Tetralogy of Fallot, Pulmonary Atresia with Ventricular Septal Defect, and Absent Pulmonary Valve Syndrome	p. 242
Common Arterial Trunk	p. 263
Double Outlet Right Ventricle	p. 273
Complete and Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries	p. 282
Right Aortic Arch, Double Aortic Arch, and Aberrant Subclavian Artery	p. 298
Fetal Heterotaxy, Left Atrial Isomerism, Right Atrial Isomerism, and Situs Inversus	p. 311
Anomalies of Systemic and Pulmonary Venous Connections	p. 326
Fetal Cardiomyopathies and Fetal Heart Tumors	p. 343
Fetal Arrhythmias	p. 351
Index	p. 367
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