The initial presentation of congenital heart disease in adult life is now uncommon. The
specialty of adult congenital heart disease is largely concerned with long term follow up of …

Congenital heart disease is gaining importance as a condition that effects not only the
pediatric population but also the adult population, as many congenital cardiac conditions …

The rationale of using ultrasound in the diagnosis of congenital heart lesions is discussed,
and our experience with 28 patients is presented. It is suggested that the echocardiogram is …

With the use of dedicated pediatric single-plane probes, transesophageal echocardiography
was performed prospectively in 102 children to determine the potential value of this new …

During the 1970s, ultrasound rapidly devel-oped into a reliable tool for the prenatal
diagnosis of malformations in many organ systems.'2 However, the cardiovascular system …

The spectrum of congenital heart disease seen in a series of 72 fetal anomalies detected
echocardiographically differed from that seen in infancy. This reflects the selection of …

The goal of any method of medical diagosis is that it should obtain the maxmum possible
accurate, relevant information at theminimum cost in time, expense, discomfort, and risk. To …

by Norman H. Silverman Over the last two decades, the value of examining the fetal heart
has moved from an experimental procedure of diagnostic curiosity to a front-line form of …

The accuracy of the echocardiographic diagnosis of fetal heart disease in an experienced
centre was evaluated by analysing the results achieved during 1987 at the Perinatal …

Pediatric echocardiography has clearly expanded from a diagnostic tool used to describe
anatomic abnormalities associated with congenital heart disease to a noninvasive …