Arrhythmias
Abstract Fetal arrhythmias are defined as any abnormality in heart rhythm, including heart rates less than 100 beats/min (bradyarrhythmia) or greater than 180 beats/min (tachyarrhythmia) or any irregularity (mainly ectopic…
Choriocarcinoma
Abstract Choriocarcinoma is a form of malignant gestational trophoblastic disease. This can occur when there is evidence of persistent trophoblastic tissue after a pregnancy and is usually diagnosed after evacuation…
Amniotic Band Sequence
Abstract Amniotic band sequence (ABS) refers to a set of highly variable congenital anomalies involving multiple structures, all of which are caused by amniotic bands that adhere, entangle, and disrupt…
Placental Abruption
Abstract Placental abruption complicates a small fraction of pregnancies but has the potential to carry major maternal and fetal morbidity. As this entity is diagnosed clinically, imaging plays a limited…
Double-Inlet Single Ventricle
Abstract Double-inlet single ventricle is a rare anomaly that comprises a heterogeneous group of cardiac anomalies characterized by the presence of two atria with a single ventricle. The prognosis is…
Ultrasound of Normal Fetal Heart
Abstract Congenital heart diseases (CHDs) are the most common severe congenital malformations. Half of them correspond to severe defects with a postnatal mortality risk that ranges from 25% to 35%….
Cardiac Tumors
Abstract Cardiac tumors are usually benign (mainly rhabdomyoma, teratoma, fibroma, myxoma, or hemangioma), with no association to other anomalies and good prognosis. The exception to this is multiple rabdomyomas that…
Cardiomyopathy
Abstract Cardiomyopathy is a rare disease defined as a primary cardiac muscle anomaly with no association with structural heart or pericardial disease. It exhibits a great variability of forms, but…
Atrial Isomerism
Abstract Atrial isomerism is a very rare condition defined as symmetric development of normally asymmetric organs or organ systems. The combination of situs ambiguus and congenital heart disease is the…
Tetralogy of Fallot
Abstract Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is one of the most frequently occurring conotruncal anomalies. It is classically overlooked if the visualization of the outflow tracts is not included in routine…
