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European Heart Journal Advance Access published online on May 8, 2008
European Heart Journal, doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn200
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Foetal echocardiography: tool to predict the future of patients with congenital heart defects?

Natasja M.S. de Groot* and Martin J. Schalij

Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands

* Corresponding author. Tel: +31 71 5262020, Fax: +31 71 5226567, Email: n.m.s.de_groot@LUMC.NL or M.J.Schalij@LUMC.NL

This editorial refers to ‘Foetal echocardiographic assessment of tetralogy of Fallot and post-natal outcome{dagger}’ by F. Kaguelidou et al., on page 1432

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Antepartum obstetrical ultrasonic evaluation is nowadays commonly used in order to detect congenital anomalies.1,2 As congenital heart disease is the most frequently encountered congenital anomaly, cardiac examination is of paramount importance to identify defects on time.

The advantage of foetal echocardiography is that ultrasound energy can be applied safely in an evolving fetus and that cardiac structures can be studied early in pregnancy (from 10 to 12 weeks by the vaginal . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Impact of foetal echocardiography

Technological progress and foetal cardiac intervention


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