Reviews'This excellent book helps novices increase their understanding and experienced practitioners enhance their knowledge.' Doody's Notes, "The numerous illustrations, figures, and pictures are easy to understand and concepts are clearly detailed. The images of anatomy specimens are very helpful in correlating and understanding the corresponding echocardiography findings. The book illustrates examples of abnormalities and day-to-day cases as well as rare pathology. Indications and pitfalls of early fetal echocardiography, counseling, and outcome of individual cardiac malformation all help in understanding the basic concepts in relation to clinical decision making. Separate chapters detail standard views and how they manifest abnormalities, and the final chapter on outcome explores the implications of a defect....This excellent book helps novices increase their understanding and experienced practitioners enhance their knowledge. It will be a valuable resource for neonatal and general pediatricians, pediatric cardiologists, neonatal/pediatric echocardiographers, and physicians in training specializing in neonatal or pediatric cardiology." --Doody's Review Servicebr>--Doody's Review Servicebr>--Doody's Review Servicebr>--Doody's Review Service, "The numerous illustrations, figures, and pictures are easy to understand and concepts are clearly detailed. The images of anatomy specimens are very helpful in correlating and understanding the corresponding echocardiography findings. The book illustrates examples of abnormalities and day-to-day cases as well as rare pathology. Indications and pitfalls of early fetal echocardiography, counseling, and outcome of individual cardiac malformation all help in understanding the basic concepts in relation to clinical decision making. Separate chapters detail standard views and how they manifest abnormalities, and the final chapter on outcome explores the implications of a defect....This excellent book helps novices increase their understanding and experienced practitioners enhance their knowledge. It will be a valuable resource for neonatal and general pediatricians, pediatric cardiologists, neonatal/pediatric echocardiographers, and physicians in training specializing in neonatal or pediatric cardiology." --Doody's Review Service, 'There is much compassion displayed through the application of dedication and reasoning especially within the final eighth chapter, where outcomes are analysed implicitly for the benefit of those yet to be cared for by colleagues, national and international, and its is hugely commendable for that contribution alone to the promotion of excellence in fetal cardiac scanning … All of the main conditions that one is ever likely to encounter in a lifetime of general obstetric scanning are covered in images that run well into double figures for all of the 10 commonest diagnoses. This is, therefore, a personal, or a departmental, collection is you buy his book and the main conditions are also covered on an informative and highly educationally illustrative DVD … Of particular note, there is a bibliography selected for subject merit by the author, instead of references, to guide further study. Ultrasound, 'This excellent book is a must for any obstetric department.' Synergy - Imaging and Therapy Practice, 'Very well laid out, interesting, clear explanations … Would recommend … Excellent.' BMA Medical Book Awards reviewer, '… an excellent text, both as a quick reference and for those wishing to read about the subject in more depth. It is also good value, given the very large number of illustrations and the accompanying DVD, and any department providing screening for or diagnosis of congenital heart disease would benefit from having the book available.' The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist online
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Table Of ContentContents; Preface; 1. Obtaining cardiac views; 2. The four-chamber view; 3. Great artery and arch views; 4. Supplementary views of the heart; 5. The use of colour and pulsed Doppler, M-mode, 2D measurement and rendering in fetal echocardiography; 6. Early fetal echocardiography; 7. Assessment and management of fetal cardiac arrhythmias; 8. Counselling, prognosis and outcome; References.
SynopsisFetal Echocardiography is a comprehensive, lavishly illustrated guide to fetal heart scanning for anyone involved in obstetric ultrasound. Authored by a leading pediatric cardiologist with over 30 years of experience, it brings together all the information needed by cardiologists, obstetricians, sonographers or maternal-fetal medicine clinicians in order to obtain clear, high-quality echocardiograms and interpret them. Initial chapters provide the basic principles of echocardiography and how to obtain the standard views, giving numerous illustrations of each standard view and the possible deviations from normal. Subsequent chapters present a complete pictorial representation of almost all malformations recognised in fetal life. An overview of the likely outcome of each malformation is given, backed up by personal data involving nearly 4000 abnormal fetal hearts. Additional chapters cover Fetal Arrhythmias and Early Fetal Heart Scanning. Highly illustrated and full of practical guidance, Fetal Echocardiography is an invaluable resource for all practitioners involved in obstetric scanning., A practical, highly illustrated text on imaging the heart during fetal ultrasound examination, describing the standard views of the heart, each congenital heart malformation, and the likely outcome for each malformation. Written by an expert pediatric cardiologist, this is an invaluable resource for all practitioners involved in obstetric scanning.