Standardization of the first‐trimester fetal cardiac examination using spatiotemporal image correlation with tomographic ultrasound and color Doppler imaging

The challenges of the first‐trimester examination of the fetal heart may in part be overcome by technical advances in three‐dimensional (3D) ultrasound techniques. Our aim was to standardize the first‐trimester 3D imaging approach to the cardiac examination to provide the most consistent and accurate display of anatomy.

[1]  K. Nicolaides,et al.  Abnormalities of the heart and great arteries in chromosomally normal fetuses with increased nuchal translucency thickness at 1l–13 weeks of gestation , 1996, Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

[2]  L. Platt,et al.  The publishing of papers on first‐trimester Doppler , 1999, Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

[3]  Jimmy Espinoza,et al.  A Novel Algorithm for Comprehensive Fetal Echocardiography Using 4‐Dimensional Ultrasonography and Tomographic Imaging , 2006, Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine.

[4]  M Hansmann,et al.  Early diagnosis of fetal congenital heart disease by transvaginal echocardiography , 1993, Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

[5]  D Paladini,et al.  The role of spatio‐temporal image correlation (STIC) with tomographic ultrasound imaging (TUI) in the sequential analysis of fetal congenital heart disease , 2006, Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

[6]  S. Yagel,et al.  Examination of the fetal heart by five short‐axis views: a proposed screening method for comprehensive cardiac evaluation , 2001, Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

[7]  K. Nicolaides,et al.  Using fetal nuchal translucency to screen for major congenital cardiac defects at 10-14 weeks of gestation: population based cohort study , 1999, BMJ.

[8]  K. Nicolaides,et al.  Outcome of pregnancy in chromosomally normal fetuses with increased nuchal translucency in the first trimester , 2001, Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

[9]  I. Huggon,et al.  Fetal echocardiography at 11 + 0 to 13 + 6 weeks using four‐dimensional spatiotemporal image correlation telemedicine via an Internet link: a pilot study , 2008, Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

[10]  D. Raveh,et al.  The three vessels and trachea view (3VT) in fetal cardiac scanning , 2002, Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

[11]  K. Nicolaides,et al.  Fetal cardiac abnormalities identified prior to 14 weeks' gestation , 2002, Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

[12]  L. Allan,et al.  Right aortic arch in the fetus , 2006, Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

[13]  S. Hassan,et al.  Standardized views of the fetal heart using four‐dimensional sonographic and tomographic imaging , 2008, Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

[14]  M. Sklansky,et al.  Spatio‐temporal image correlation (STIC): new technology for evaluation of the fetal heart , 2003, Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

[15]  R. Wegner,et al.  Detailed screening for fetal anomalies and cardiac defects at the 11–13‐week scan , 2006, Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

[16]  S. Yagel,et al.  First and early second trimester fetal heart screening , 2007, Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology.

[17]  S. Ho,et al.  Sequential segmental analysis in complex fetal cardiac abnormalities: a logical approach to diagnosis , 2005, Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

[18]  K. Nicolaides,et al.  UK multicentre project on assessment of risk of trisomy 21 by maternal age and fetal nuchal-translucency thickness at 10–14 weeks of gestation , 1998, The Lancet.

[19]  G. Sharland.  First-trimester transabdominal fetal echocardiography , 1998, The Lancet.

[20]  A. Baschat,et al.  Abnormal first‐trimester ductus venosus blood flow: a risk factor for adverse outcome in fetuses with normal nuchal translucency , 2007, Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.