Fetal echocardiography during indomethacin treatment

Fetal Echocardiography Indications: A Single- Center Experience

Background Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common lethal congenital anomaly. Early diagnosis of CHD by fetal echocardiography based on maternal and fetal indications is important and lifesaving. The aim of study was to assess the referral aspects of pregnant women to pediatric cardiologist. Materials and Methods This was a retrospective cross-sectional study on 250 documents of refer...

Teratogen update: fetal effects of indomethacin administration during pregnancy.

Indomethacin is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory analgesic used in the treatment of disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and osteoarthritis. Prostaglandins have a significant stimulatory effect on established labor; because indomethacin is a potent inhibitor of prostaglandin synthesis, this agent is also used in the treatment of preterm labor. Like other prostaglandin...

Indications for Fetal Echocardiography

Technique of fetal echocardiography

Congenital heart disease is the most common abnormality in the human fetus. Fetal echocardiography has been used to detect the majority of cardiac defects, and it is now part of the routine screening method for fetal evaluation. In this article, we present standard ultrasonographic views of the normal fetal heart obtained during the second trimester, first-trimester fetal echocardiography findi...

Fetal Dual Doppler Echocardiography

Dual Doppler echocardiography is a recently developed technique performed using an instrument with two separate sample gates, allowing simultaneous recording of signals from two locations. We describe the use of dual Doppler echo­ cardiography to assess fetal cardiac rhythm. Fetal arrhythmias are common and encountered in 1 to 2% pregnancies. They often resolve spontaneously and do not require ...