This protocol provides standardized guidelines for perinatal echocardiography to improve the detection and management of fetal and neonatal cardiovascular anomalies.
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Standardizes fetal/neonatal echocardiography protocols for anomaly detection; extends prior imaging standards to perinatal populations.
This Protocol for Evaluating the Fetal and Neonatal Heart details the indications, views, and measurements to be obtained for both (1) the basic screening examination of the fetal heart (a necessary component of all complete fetal anatomy evaluations) and the specialty study called (2) echocardiography as applied to either the fetus or neonate, using 2D and Doppler ultrasound. While the purpose of the screening study is to detect or exclude the possibility of a cardiac abnormality, echocardiography attempts to diagnose the specific anatomic and physiologic disruption. Also emphasized is the value of a collaborative team approach to management of the fetus and its parents when a cardiovascular anomaly is present, in an effort to achieve a smoother transition from fetus to neonate across the continuum of perinatal care.
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Wood et al. (2008) conducted a review in Fetal and neonatal cardiac evaluation. Perinatal echocardiography protocols was evaluated. This protocol details the indications, views, and measurements for basic screening and specialty echocardiography of the fetal and neonatal heart using 2D and Doppler ultrasound.
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