TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rizzo,Giuseppe
AU  - Arduini,Domenico
TI  - 4D Fetal Echocardiography
SN  - 9781608050444
PY  - 2012///
CY  - [Sharjah, U.A.E.]
PB  - Bentham Science Publisher
KW  - Fetal Heart diagnostic imaging
KW  - Fetal heart Ultrasonic imaging
KW  - Ultrasonography, Prenatal
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Bentham Science Open Access Books
N2  - Congenital heart defects (CHD) are the most frequent malformation in the human fetus and are the leading cause of mortality due to malformations in the first year of life. Despite its clinical importance screening performed by ultrasonographic examination during the second trimester of pregnancy has shown disappointingly low detection rates mainly due to the difficulties in obtaining an adequate examination of the fetal heart. Four-dimensional (4D) ultrasound of the fetal heart has been recently suggested as a tool to improve the detection rate of CHD by decreasing the dependency on operator skills required in two-dimensional ultrasound scans but up to now no practical manuals are available in describing its application in clinical practice for the study of fetal heart. The objective of this Ebook is to explain the role of 4D during second trimester examination and in fetuses with CHD. T
UR  - https://www.eurekaselect.com/public/ebook_volume/863
ER  -