Abstract
1/2020
Review paper
Fetal echocardiography in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy as an essential element of modern prenatal diagnostics and perinatal care – recommendations of Polish Society of Prenatal Cardiology 2020
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital Research Institute in Lodz, Poland
- Department of Prenatal Cardiology, Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital Research Institute in Lodz, Poland
- Faculty of Health Sciences, The Mazovian State University in Plock, Poland
- Department of Diagnoses and Prevention of Fetal Malformations, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology, “Zdroje” Hospital in Szczecin, Poland
- Department of Obstetrics, Perinatology, and Gynaecology, Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital Research Institute in Lodz, Poland
- 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Obstetrics, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland
Prenat Cardio 2020; 10(1); 5-12
Online publish date: 2020/12/30
The purpose of this article is to show that fetal echocardiography should also be performed in the third trimester of pregnancy, both in normal and complicated pregnancies. The article presents a review of the current literature presenting the possibilities and goals of fetal echocardiography in the third trimester of pregnancy in situations such as: coarctation of the aorta, premature constriction of the ductus arteriosus, increased fetal lung vascular resistance, hypoplastic left heart syndrome, dextro-transposition of the great arteries, fetal growth restriction, pregestational diabetes mellitus, and gestational diabetes mellitus. A specific feature of fetal echocardiography in the third trimester is the emphasis on the assessment of fetal heart function; therefore, the article describes the current method of assessing it.
Keywords
fetal echocardiography, prenatal cardiology, third trimester, prenatal diagnosis, congenital heart defect
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