Fetal Cardiac Defects
Welcome to this educational course on fetal cardiac defects.
The course will highlight through short videos and related text the important features and diagnostic criteria of the most common cardiac defects.
The course lasts for about 3 hours, but it does not need to be completed in a single session.
Upon completing the course, you will obtain a certificate of attendance.
The course is mandatory as part of the FMF Certification in Fetal Echocardiography.
Course director:
Vita Zidere,
Consultant in Fetal and Pediatric Cardiology,
King's College Hospital, London, UK
Consultant in Fetal and Pediatric Cardiology,
King's College Hospital, London, UK
Course coordinator:
Jader Cruz,
Consultant in Fetal Medicine,
Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central-MAC, Lisbon, Portugal
Consultant in Fetal Medicine,
Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central-MAC, Lisbon, Portugal
Course contents
Normal heart and great arteries
Abnormalities seen in the four-chamber view
- AtrioVentricular septal defect
- Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
- Tricuspid atresia
- Ventricular septal defect
- Ebstein’s anomaly
- Tricuspid valve dysplasia
- Double inlet left ventricle
Abnormalities seen in the great arteries view
- Transposition of great arteries
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Common arterial trunk
- Double outlet right ventricle
- Coarctation of the aorta
- Aortic valve stenosis
- Pulmonary valve stenosis
- Right aortic arch
- Persistent left superior vena cava
- Aberrant right subclavian artery
Arrhythmias
- Complete heart block
- Supraventricular tachycardia