The current approach to prenatal care, which involves visits at 16, 24, 28, 30, 32, 34 and 36
weeks and then weekly until delivery, was established 80 years ago. The high concentration …

Among congenital malformations, heart defects are the most common type of anomaly, and
these are associated with a high perinatal, longterm morbidity and mortality. The objective of …

Objective To examine the performance of the routine 11–13‐week scan in detecting fetal
non‐chromosomal abnormalities. Methods This was a retrospective study of prospectively …

This 8th Edition of Moss and Adams' Heart Disease in Infants, Children, and Adolescents:
Including the Fetus and Young Adult, provides updated and useful information from leading …

Objective To examine the association between fetal major heart defects and increased
nuchal translucency thickness (NT), tricuspid regurgitation and abnormal flow in the ductus …

Fetal echocardiography was initially used to detect structural anomalies but has more
recently also been proposed to assess fetal cardiac function. This review summarizes …

Das Ersttrimester-Screening zwischen 11+ 0 und 13+ 6 Wochen mit qualifizierter Beratung,
differenzierter Organdiagnostik sowie maternalen und biochemischen Markern ist die …

The most frequently asked questions that confront the fetal medicine trainee/expert on a
daily basis are “Is the finding real or merely an artifact?” and “Is the diagnosis correct?” …

Congenital heart defects can be diagnosed during fetal life using echocardiography.
Prenatal diagnosis allows full investigation of affected fetuses for coexisting abnormalities …

Objectives To assess the performance of first‐trimester ultrasound (US) in identifying major
fetal structural abnormalities in an unselected population. Methods We conducted a …