Congenital heart disease prenatal ultrasound

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Priyamvada Singh, MBBS [2], Assistant Editor-In-Chief: Kristin Feeney, B.S. [3]

Prenatal Ultrasound

The sensitivity of prenatal screening with echocardiography for major heart disease is highly variable.

Factors affecting it are:

• Fetal weight
• Gestational age
• Maternal weight
• Training and experience of ultrasonographer
• Type of defect