Fetal Heart: Screening, Diagnosis & Intervention

By (author) Cihat Sen; By (author) Sen, Cihat; By (author) Stenojevic, Milan
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Congenital anomalies are the greatest contributor to the infant death, and congenital heart diseases account for up to 50% of these deaths. This book provides information on the screening of heart defects in both the first and second trimesters.
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Congenital anomalies are the greatest contributor to the infant death, and congenital heart diseases (CHDs) account for up to 50% of these deaths. This book provides information on the screening of the heart defect in both the first and second trimesters ad will help healthcare professionals caring for the pregnant women at the basic level of care, performing prenatal anomaly scan screening.

• User-friendly monograph, dedicated to obstetricians to update, refresh, and increase their knowledge and competence at the time of fetal heart examination according to clinical standard with evidence-based standard practice.
• Complex aspects of complete care for the patients with heart disease are clearly described.
• Provides practical information about how to perform prenatal fetal heart screening systematically.
• Enriched with advanced ultrasound images, clinical pictures, diagrams, tables and flowcharts for easy comprehension.
• Written by experts with enormous clinical experience from across the globe.
• References for further reading have been provided at the end of each chapter.

Table of contents

1Human Cardiovascular System Development and Cardiac Morphogenesis
2Epidemiology of Congenital Heart Disease: Incidence, Etiology and Pathogenesis
3What is different in fetal heart examination and echocardiography?
4Fetal heart examination
5Fetal heart abnormalities
6Doppler Ultrasound and Its Use in Obstetrics
7Fetal cardiac function in normal and growth retarded Fetus
8Circulation in the Normal Fetus and Cardiovascular Adaption
9Twin–Twin Transfusion Syndrome: Impact on the Cardiovascular System
10The New 3D/4D-Based Spatio-Temporal Imaging Correlation (STIC) in Fetal Echocardiography, a Promising Tool for the Future
11HD live Flow for Fetal Heart
12Cardiomyopathy in the Fetus
13Diagnosis and Management of Fetal Arrhythmias
14Congenital heart disease and Associated Syndromes
15Congenital Heart Disease and Genetics
16Genetic counselling for Congenital Heart defects
17Postnatal follow up after fetal echocardiography