Fetal cardiology has developed dramatically into a subspecialty in the
past 25 years. The majority of people examining the fetal heart are not
'experts' in fetal cardiology and therefore find interpreting images,
particularly in case of abnormality, rather difficult. This book is
designed as a practical guide, to be kept near the ultrasound machine,
for all those performing fetal heart scans, but without the expertise of
a fetal cardiologist. The aim is to allow the user to recognize the
common forms of fetal cardiac abnormality and to appreciate the
associated lesions and outcome.
The book has a large number of illustrations to enable the reader to
visualize the different types of problem and the various forms in which
they may manifest. There are relatively few books published in the field
of fetal cardiology. This book is aimed at all sonographers,
obstetricians and radiologists performing obstetric ultrasound scans and
at paediatric cardiologists, both at consultant and trainee level. Thus,
this book should fulfill this unmet need in the market, although it is
not designed as a comprehensive reference textbook in fetal cardiology.