Fetal EChocardiography centers in USA
Fetal Echocardiography North American Centers
Centri d'Ecocardiografia Fetale in Italia
Centri Specializzati di terzo livello in cui l’esame ecocardiografico fetale viene eseguito da un cardiologo pediatra con esperienza in diagnostica fetale.
Fetal coronary fistula
Prenatal diagnosis and perinatal management of left coronary
artery to right atrium fistula
G. MIELKE*, L. SIEVERDING†, T. BORTH-BRUNS†, K. EICHHORN‡, D. WALLWIENER* and
U. GEMBRUCH§
Departments of *Obstetrics and Gynecology and †Pediatric Cardiology, University of Tuebingen, ‡Medical Practice, Weimar and §Department of
Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Luebeck, Germany
KEYWORDS: Coil embolization, Coronary artery fistula, Echocardiography, Fetal circulation, Fetal heart, Prenatal diagnosis
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2002; 19: 612–615
CONGENITAL CORONARY ARTERY FISTULAS
CONGENITAL CORONARY ARTERY FISTULAS: CLINICAL
CONSIDERATIONS AND SURGICAL TREATMENT
GOU-JIENGHONG,* CHIH-YUANLIN,* CHUNG-YILEE,* SHIN-HURNLOH,†HOU-SHENGYANG,*KUANG-YILIU,* YI-TINGTSAI*AND CHIEN-SUNGTSAI*
*Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, and †Department of Pharmacology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, China
ANZ J. Surg. 2004; 74: 350–355
Background:
Coronary artery fistulas are uncommon abnormalities that can cause significant cardiac morbidity. Indications for operation vary, particularly, for asymptomatic patients. Early surgical correction is indicated because of the high incidence of late symptoms and complications.
Twin-twin transfusion syndrome
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Prenatal cardiovascular manifestations in the twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome recipients and the impact of therapeutic amnioreduction
Catherine Barrea, MD – a-, Fawaz Alkazaleh, MD -b-, Greg Ryan, MB -b-, Brian W. McCrindle, MD -a-, Anita Roberts, BSc -a-, Jean-Luc Bigras, MD -a-, Jon Barrett, MD -c-, Gareth P. Seaward, MB -b- , Jeffrey F. Smallhorn, MB, BS -a-, Lisa K. Hornberger, MD -a*.
Evaluated the cardiovascular pathologic condition in the recipient twin in twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome and the influence of amnioreduction.
Interventional Cardiology
Transcatheter Atrial Septal Defect Closure With
the Amplatzer Septal Occluder: Five-Year Follow-Up
Guan Yew, MD, and Nigel J. Wilson* MBChB
Prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease
Prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease using four-dimensional spatio-temporal image correlation (STIC) telemedicine via an Internet link: a pilot study
F. Viñals 1 *, L. Mandujano 2, G. Vargas 3, A. Giuliano 1
1Centro AGB UltrasonografÃa, Clinica Sanatorio Alemán, Concepción, Chile, 2Centro Medico El Bosque, Punta Arenas, Chile
3Hospital La Serena, La Serena, Chile
email: F. Viñals (fvinals55@hotmail.com)
*Correspondence to F. Viñals, Avda Sanhueza 55. 403 A, Concepción, Chile
Keywords
4D • congenital heart disease • prenatal diagnosis • spatio-temporal image correlation • STIC • telemedicine
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Double-Orifice Mitral Valve
Double-Orifice Mitral Valve with Intact Atrioventricular Septum: An
Echocardiographic Study With Anatomic and Functional Considerations
Bibhuti B. Das, MD, Linda B. Pauliks, MD, Ole A. Knudson, Jr, RDCS, Scott Kirby, RDCS,
Kak-Chen Chan, MD, Lilliam Valdes-Cruz, MD, and Raul O. Cayre, MD,
Denver, Colorado;
Boston, Massachusetts; and Corrientes, Argentina