Fetal Cardiology

Fetal cardiology is an important part of management for high-risk pregnancies: one in every 100 babies is born with a heart problem. Fully updated, this second edition of Fetal Cardiology covers all aspects of fetal heart disease and relevant non-cardiac aspects of diagnosis and management. This handbook provides clinically relevant guidance in a concise, practical format which is ideal for use in the clinic and as a quick reference for the reader.

Featuring new chapters on the three vessel trachea view and neurodevelopment issues in fetal cardiac disease, and brand new high-quality annotated images; this new edition is the definitive pocket guide to the subject.

Clearly structured to allow a systematic approach to diagnosis, decision making, and patient counselling, Fetal Cardiology is perfect as a refresher for experienced clinicians in fetal and cardiological care, or as an informative overview for the paediatrician, echocardiographer, and trainees in associated disciplines.

Table of Contents

1: Introduction
2: Aetiology of fetal heart disease
3: History and examination
4: The normal heart
5: Indications for fetal echocardiography
6: Fetal echocardiography
7: 3 vessel trachea view
8: Other investigations
9: Structural abnormalities
10: Left heart abnormalities
11: Right heart abnormalities
12: Septal abnormalities
13: Abnormal ventriculoarterial connections
14: Miscellaneous abnormalities
15: Abnormalities at a glance
16: Abnormal cardiac position
17: Fetal cardiac rhythm
18: Cardiac function
19: Heart muscle disease
20: Fetal cardiac tumours
21: Nuchal translucency and the heart
22: Fetal hydrops and the heart
23: Cardiovascular aspects of twins
24: The heart in the sick fetus
25: Pregnancy management of fetal cardiac disease
26: Neurodevelopment issues in fetal cardiac disease
27: Post-natal evaluation