Abstract
Congenital heart disease is a major cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality. Antenatal diagnosis of CHD facilitates specialist prenatal care and optimizes post natal management. The fetal heart is recognized as one of the most difficult areas of a fetus to image. Good quality cardiac assessment is a vital part of the screening obstetric ultrasound at 19 weeks gestation. It requires a sound knowledge of normal fetal cardiac anatomy and congenital heart abnormalities. Familiarity with and reproduction of standard imaging techniques dramatically increases the ability of the sonographer to detect the abnormal fetal heart. In this session, we will discuss: · The normal fetal cardiac anatomy · The fetal circulation · The basic views required to complete a fetal cardiac screening examination · The importance of fetal position · Normal fetal heart rates and rhythms · Examples of fetal cardiac abnormalities. This will be followed by hands on scanning session and question time.
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