Pregnancy is a beautiful thing, an unborn baby growing inside the shelter of his mother’s body. Many mothers would never think that anything could be wrong with their little ones but would make great ...

Fetuses with increased nuchal thickness (visualized on fetal NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY assessment), with or without chromosome abnormalities, have an increased risk of developing cardiac abnormalities, ...

Congenital heart defects are the most common type of birth defect, affecting nearly 1% of births per year in the United States, according to the CDC. About one in four infants with a congenital heart ...

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The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) announced today that ultrasound practice accreditation is now available in Fetal Echocardiography. The program sets the standard for care in ...

New research presented this week at ACR Convergence 2022, the American College of Rheumatology's annual meeting, found that most echocardiography screening for fetal congenital heart block in anti-Ro- ...

As we enter heart awareness month, it’s important to remember our littlest hearts. Congenital heart disease is the most common fetal malformation and affects about eight in 1,000 babies born in the ...

What Is a Fetal Ultrasound? ‌A fetal ultrasound is a test carried out during pregnancy that uses sound waves to create an image of your baby in the uterus. An ultrasound is a normal part of prenatal ...

Carvalho and colleagues have elegantly demonstrated the ability of early fetal echocardiography between 11 and 16 weeks' gestation to accurately assess the fetal heart in high-risk pregnancies. Their ...