Why the study?
Can ultrasonic studies visualize anatomical details and motility patterns of the fetal heart in normal fetuses?
Population
Normal fetuses ranging from 36 to 40 weeks gestational age
Comparison
Ultrasonic studies vs Postnatal heart (for motility patterns comparison)
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Fetal cardiac ultrasound is feasible; extends early imaging techniques but leaves open clinical utility pending prospective validation.
Can ultrasonic studies visualize anatomical details and motility patterns of the fetal heart in normal fetuses?
Ultrasonic imaging techniques, including 2D B-scan and time-motion mode, can successfully visualize detailed fetal cardiac anatomy and dynamics previously thought unidentifiable.
Egeblad et al. (1975) studied this question.
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