The Value of the 3rd Trimester Echography in Fetuses with Cardiac Malformations

C. Mărginean, R. Togănel, L. Gozar, I. Muntean, C. O. Mărginean, L. Puşcaşiu, B. Szabo

Abstract: Analysis of ultrasound diagnostic concordance between fetuses diagnosed with heart abnormalities and newborn babies.The present study was conducted over a period of 13 months, from Janu ary 2009 to January 2010, in Targu-Mures. Were studied 16 pregnancies addressed to Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic I and Pediatric Cardiology Clinic, for fetal cardiac anomalies. Were used ultrasound sections described the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. The 16 newborn babies were evaluated with a concordance of diagnostic ultrasound in 15 of 16 fetuses, the diagnosis of large coarctation of aorta and valvular aortic stenosis, being established only in one neonate. Accurate diagnosis cardiac anomalies in the third quarter of pregnancy can be very good, when exploring a fetus already suspected this type of malformation is made by a team of obstetricians and pediatric cardiologists.
Keywords: congenital fetal heart malformations, ultrasonography