الفهرس 
Embryology and Development of Human HeartOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Prenatal diagnosis of CHDs is now well established for a wide range of cardiac anomalies. Early diagnosis of CHDs during fetal life not only identifies the cardiac lesion but may also be helpful in detection of associated abnormalities which require additional testing of the fetus, including genetic evaluation and other anatomic imaging, which give the parents valuable information in overall assessment of the fetus and help to reduce morbidity and mortality.
Fetal echocardiography is defined as a detailed sonographic evaluation that is used to assess the fetal heart anatomy, then identify and characterize fetal cardiac anomalies if present before delivery.
The aim of this study was to assess the role of fetal echocardiography as antenatal diagnostic tool in detection of CHDs.
This current prospective study was carried out in the period from June 2017 to June 2019, on 40 consecutive pregnant women in (second and third trimesters), who were referred from Gynecology and Obstetrics Department at Tanta University Hospitals and Cairo University Hospitals to Radiodiagnosis and Medical Imaging Department at Tanta University Hospitals and Fetal Medicine Unit at Cairo University Hospitals (CAIFM).
All patients were subjected to the following:
Informed consent obtained from all patients, proper history was taken in the form of personal history: as regard name, age, present history, obstetric history (gravidity, parity, history of abortion or IUFD), past history of exposure to teratogens, family history of cardiac anomalies in previous children or positive consanguinity.
Detailed fetal echocardiography was performed according to International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG) guidelines (128).