Abstract:Fetal echocardiography has evolved considerably over the past 1-2 decades into an exciting field that bridges maternal-fetal medicine with neonatology and pediatric cardiology. With significant advances in imaging technology and experience in prenatal diagnosis, details of the cardiac pathology can now be defined much as it is postnatally; however, unique aspects of the fetal circulation limit our ability to consistently define lesion severity and to predict the evolution of cardiac defects after birth. Serial… Show more
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