A Practical Guide To Fetal Echocardiography Normal And Abnormal Hearts 3rd Alfred Abuhamad by Alfred Abuhamad, Rabih Chaoui 9781451176056, 1451176058 instant download after payment.

The book is divided into two main parts, with part one covering the technical
aspects of the cardiac exam and part two covering fetal cardiac abnormalities.
The first part of the book is totally revamped to include several new chapters onthe following topics: risk factors for cardiac defects, national and international
guidelines for fetal cardiac screening and fetal echocardiography, optimizing the
cardiac examination, cardiac embryology, the three-vessel-trachea view, and the
venous system.
Detailed discussion on fetal cardiac malformations is presented in the second
part of the book in a uniform format that includes the definition, spectrum of
disease and incidence, the use of gray scale, color Doppler, three-dimensional,
and early gestation ultrasound in the diagnosis of each cardiac abnormality
followed by the differential diagnosis, and prognosis and outcome.
Congenital heart disease is the most common congenital malformation with a
significant impact on neonatal morbidity and mortality. Prenatal diagnosis of
congenital heart disease has been suboptimal over the years owing in large part
to the complexity of cardiac anatomy and the inherent difficulty of the
ultrasound examination of the fetal heart. We feel that this third edition of this
book provides a comprehensive reference to the practitioners involved in cardiac
imaging, and we sincerely hope that this book enhances the detection rate of
congenital heart disease, which should translate into improved outcome for our
smallest patients.