How to do a fetal cardiac scan

Paola Quaresima¹, Vlasta Fesslova², Antonio Farina³, Karl Oliver Kagan⁴, Massimo Candiani⁵, Michele Morelli⁶, Fàtima Crispi⁷, Paolo Ivo Cavoretto⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Magna Graecia University, viale Europa, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy.
² Center of Fetal Cardiology, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Via Morandi 30, San Donato Milanese, 20097, Milan, Italy.
³ Division of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Department of Medicine and Surgery (DIMEC), Istituto di Ricovero e cura a carattere scientifico Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Tuebingen, Calwerstrasse 7, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.
⁵ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico San Raffaele Scientific Institute; and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Via Olgettina 60, 20132, Milan, Italy.
⁶ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Azienda ospedaliera di Cosenza SS Annunziata, Via Felice Migliori 1, Cosenza, Italy.
⁷ BCNatal-Barcelona Center for Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (Hospital Clínic and Hospital Sant Joan de Déu), IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, and Centre for Biomedical Research On Rare Diseases (CIBER-ER), Sabino de Arana 1, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.
⁸ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico San Raffaele Scientific Institute; and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Via Olgettina 60, 20132, Milan, Italy. cavoretto.paolo@hsr.it.

PMID: 36786908
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-023-06951-8

How to do a fetal cardiac scan

Paola Quaresima et al. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2023 Apr.

. 2023 Apr;307(4):1269-1276.

doi: 10.1007/s00404-023-06951-8.

Authors

Paola Quaresima¹, Vlasta Fesslova², Antonio Farina³, Karl Oliver Kagan⁴, Massimo Candiani⁵, Michele Morelli⁶, Fàtima Crispi⁷, Paolo Ivo Cavoretto⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Magna Graecia University, viale Europa, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy.
² Center of Fetal Cardiology, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Via Morandi 30, San Donato Milanese, 20097, Milan, Italy.
³ Division of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Department of Medicine and Surgery (DIMEC), Istituto di Ricovero e cura a carattere scientifico Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Tuebingen, Calwerstrasse 7, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.
⁵ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico San Raffaele Scientific Institute; and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Via Olgettina 60, 20132, Milan, Italy.
⁶ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Azienda ospedaliera di Cosenza SS Annunziata, Via Felice Migliori 1, Cosenza, Italy.
⁷ BCNatal-Barcelona Center for Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (Hospital Clínic and Hospital Sant Joan de Déu), IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, and Centre for Biomedical Research On Rare Diseases (CIBER-ER), Sabino de Arana 1, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.
⁸ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico San Raffaele Scientific Institute; and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Via Olgettina 60, 20132, Milan, Italy. cavoretto.paolo@hsr.it.

PMID: 36786908
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-023-06951-8

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