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ModalitiesforImaging
Two-DimensionalImaging
Cross-sectionalimagingremainsthegoldstandardforthediagnosisofstructural
cardiacdiseaseduringfetallife.ThePediatricCounciloftheAmericanSociety
ofEchocardiographyrecommendsobtainingmultiplecross-sectional
tomographicviewsoftheheartinordertomakeanaccuratediagnosis.15Fetal
echocardiographyshouldincludeanapicalfour-chamberviewoftheheart,an
apicalfive-chamberview,along-axisviewoftheleftventricularoutflowtract,a
long-axisviewoftherightventricularoutflowtract,ashort-axisviewatthe
levelofthearterialtrunks,ashort-axisviewattheleveloftheventricles,alongaxisviewofthecavalveins,aviewoftheductalarch,andaviewoftheaortic
arch(Table8.1;Figs.8.1and8.2).15TheAmericanInstituteofUltrasoundin
Medicinealsorecommendsthethree-vesseltrachealview,31whichhasproven
usefulintheassessmentofcriticalcongenitalheartdisease32–35aswellasaortic
archanomalies.Thefetalheartrateshouldbedocumentedandanyarrhythmia
confirmedwithM-modeimaging.Thediametersoftheorificesofallvalves
shouldbemeasuredinsystoleatrightanglestotheplaneofflow.15Reference
rangesforthediametersofallvalvesoverthecourseofgestationhavebeen
published.36Cardiacdysfunctionmaybeassessedbycross-sectional
interrogationbythepresenceofascites,pleuralorpericardialeffusions,skin
edema,andcardiomegalyasdefinedbyaratioofcardiothoracicareasgreater
than0.36.37Aratioofcardiothoracicareasgreaterthan0.6isassociatedwithan
extremelypooroutcome.38
Table8.1
EssentialComponentsoftheFetalEchocardiogram
Feature
Anatomicoverview
Biometricexamination
Cardiacimagingviews/sweeps