Integration of prenatal cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in congenital heart disease

A Desmond, KL Nguyen, CT Watterson… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Standard of care echocardiography can have limited diagnostic accuracy in certain cases of
fetal congenital heart disease. Prenatal cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging …

Is fetal MRI ready for neuroimaging prime time? An examination of progress and remaining areas for development

V Rajagopalan, S Deoni, A Panigrahy… - Developmental Cognitive …, 2021 - Elsevier
A major challenge in designing large-scale, multi-site studies is developing a core, scalable
protocol that retains the innovation of scientific advances while also lending itself to the …

Normal human and sheep fetal vessel oxygen saturations by T2 magnetic resonance imaging

BS Saini, JRT Darby, S Portnoy, L Sun… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Key points Human fetal Doppler ultrasound and invasive blood gas measurements obtained
by cordocentesis or at the time of delivery reveal similarities with sheep (an extensively used …

The effect of maternal position on placental blood flow and fetoplacental oxygenation in late gestation fetal growth restriction: a magnetic resonance imaging study

D Jani, A Clark, S Couper… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fetal growth restriction (FGR) and maternal supine going‐to‐sleep position are both risk
factors for late stillbirth. This study aimed to use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to …

An MRI approach to assess placental function in healthy humans and sheep

BS Saini, JRT Darby, D Marini, S Portnoy… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Key points Human placental function is evaluated using non‐invasive Doppler ultrasound of
umbilical and uterine artery pulsatility indices as measures of resistance in placental …

Red cell alloimmunization: A 2020 update

JS Castleman, MD Kilby - Prenatal Diagnosis, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Management of maternal red cell alloimmunization has been revolutionized over the last 60
years. Advances in the prevention, screening, diagnosis, and treatment of alloimmune …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced imaging of fetal cardiac function

H Kühle, SKS Cho, N Barber, DS Goolaub… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Over recent decades, a variety of advanced imaging techniques for assessing
cardiovascular physiology and cardiac function in adults and children have been applied in …

[HTML][HTML] The role of ultrasound and mri in diagnosing of obstetrics cardiac disorders: A systematic review

X Zhang, D Lu, J Hu, A Banaei… - Journal of Radiation …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are used more commonly in
diagnosing obstetrics disorders as non-invasive and non-ionizing methods …

Current and future role of fetal cardiovascular MRI in the setting of fetal cardiac interventions

D Marini, J Xu, L Sun, E Jaeggi, M Seed - Prenatal Diagnosis, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Over recent years, technical developments resulting in the feasibility of fetal cardiovascular
magnetic resonance (CMR) have provided a new diagnostic tool for studying the human …

Umbilical vein infusion of prostaglandin I2 increases ductus venosus shunting of oxygen‐rich blood but does not increase cerebral oxygen delivery in the fetal sheep

JRT Darby, EM Schrauben, BS Saini… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Key points The ductus venosus (DV) is a dynamic fetal shunt that allows substrate‐rich
blood from the umbilical vein to bypass the hepatic circulation. In vitro studies suggest a …