Reliable diagnosis of congenital heart defects and arrhythmias in utero has been possible since the introduction of fetal echocardiography. The nation-wide prenatal ultrasound screening program in the Czech Republic enabled detection of cardiac abnormalities in 1/3 of patients born with any congenital heart disease and up to 83 % of those with critical forms. Prenatal frequency of individual he...

Objective. To describe the experience of a tertiary center in Brazil to which patients are referred whose fetuses are at increased risk for congenital heart diseases (CHDs). Methods. This was a cross-sectional observational study. The data was collected prospectively, during the year 2012, through a screening protocol of the fetal heart adapted from the International Society of Ultrasound in Ob...

The decision to initiate pharmacological intervention in case of fetal tachycardia depends on several factors and must be weighed against possible maternal and/or fetal adverse effects inherent to the use of antiarrhythmics. First, the seriousness of the fetal condition must be recognized. Many studies have shown that in case of fetal tachycardia, there is a significant predisposition to conges...

OBJECTIVE This systematic review evaluated the existence of risk factors for the fetal manifestation of long QT syndrome (LQTS). METHODS Prenatal cardiac findings suggestive of fetal LQTS were studied using 30 English literature reports extracted from the Pubmed database (1979 to December 2011) using the search terms 'long QT syndrome', 'fetal arrhythmia' and 'congenital heart disease'. RES...

16 OBJECTIVE: This systematic review was conducted to determine prenatal sings 17 suggestive of fetal manifestation of long QT syndrome (LQTS). 18 METHODS: Prenatal cardiac findings suggestive of fetal LQTS were studied in the 30 19 English literature reports that were abstracted from the database of PubMed (1979 – 20 December 2011) using the search terms including “long QT syndrome”, “fetal 21...