In this chapter we further develop our method that allows us to say that the fetal heart is normal, proving this by our choice of the critical reference images. This…
We are now going to describe, the principle cardiac pathologies that are encountered prenatally. First step. pathologies of position Pathologies of position are the first we look for when examining…
Figure 7.1 Fetus with trisomy 21. Despite the increase in the early diagnosis of this pathology, certain women—voluntarily or otherwise—have not had early tests for this condition. In questioning the…
Ultrasound (US), which for a long time was considered as operator dependent, left little place for the images themselves. Recent legal developments in countries like France have changed this, requiring…
The heart examination is a critical moment in fetal ultrasound (US). After birth, cardiologists carry out this examination, but before then the fetal heart is seen by non-cardiologists. While it…
Just as we would do before any clinical examination, we begin by taking a medical history and through our questioning look to uncover several important points, including: • Family history of…
Introduction Why? A major aim of prenatal diagnosis is to provide parents with relevant information on the health of the fetus as early as possible during the pregnancy. Sonographic measurement…
!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd”> 8 Points to remember Catherine Fredouille, Jean-Eric Develay-Morice and Claudio Lombardi Chapter contents Technical points to remember Key points to remember Pathologies to…
