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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Fetal echocardiograms for low-risk pregnancies have been reduced during the COVID-19 pandemic, which may bring ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - There's a fetal medicine location in Colorado Springs that is helping expecting mothers with a special ultrasound. Southern Colorado Maternal Fetal Medicine is the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Original article Carvalho JS et al. (2004) Clinical impact of first and early second trimester fetal echocardiography on high risk pregnancies. Heart 90: 921-926 Fetuses with increased nuchal ...