Fetal Echocardiography

Fetal echocardiography is done to look into detail morphology and function of fetal heart. The best time to do fetal echocardiography is between 20-22 weeks.
At Care IVF we are even performing early fetal echocardiography at 15-16 weeks in cases of high index of suspicion ("HIS" approach).

The following are the indications of fetal echocardiography :

Maternal indication:

• Family history of cardiac anomaly
• Pre existing metabolic disease(e.g.diabetes)
• Maternal infection (e.g. TORCH, Parvovirus etc.)
• Cardiac teratogenic exposure (e.g. Antiepileptic drugs, Lithium etc.)
• Maternal autoimmune disease (e.g. SLE)

Fetal indication :

• Abnormal Nuchal translucency.
• Abnormal fetal karyotype.
• Major extra cardiac anomaly.
• Suspected fetal heart anomaly.
• Rate and rhythm disturbance.