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A selection of links to fetal cardiology information sources, fetal and cardiology organisations and journals
No endorsements are implied and additions or corrections are welcome

fetal cardiology web-sites

(A small selection.  Updated: Jan. 2007.  See our Terms of Use)  

Publications & Specialist info.
  PubMed (Search Medline: online medical abstracts) 

  US National Library of Medicine  |  Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM, free genetic/anomaly database) 

  NLH (www.library.nhs.uk) (NHS National Library for Health) 

  Specialist Info (UK Specialists/Directory of Services)  |  GMC (UK General Medical Council)  |  Doctor's Net (for customised searches, UK) 

Cardiac/Congenital information
  Karolinska: Cardiovascular Diseases (Library Reference)
  CardioSource (full text cardiology articles) 
  March of Dimes (CHD) (General CHD Information)

Fetal/Obstetric/Ultrasound information

  Obstetric Ultrasound (Reference Information)
  Prenatal Echocardiography (in 3 & 4 Dimensions, UCL)
  Centre for Fetal Care (at Queen Charlotte's, London)
  Fetal Medicine Unit (at St George's, London)
  Fetal Medicine Foundation (London)
  Eurofetus (fetoscopy and TTTS) 
  The Fetus Net (includes fetal cardiology & images) 

  History of Medical Ultrasound (on ObGyn.net)  |  A Short History (on Ob-Ultrasound.net)

More fetal images (fetal & paediatric)
  Fetal Echocardiology images (University of Pennsylvania) 
 
Heart Encyclopedia (Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Heart Center) - Paediatric Congenital Anomalies
  Embryology Stages - Stages of embryonic development (UNSW)


UK Outcome & Audit data: fetal & paediatric congenital heart disease & anomalies
  CEMACH (formerly CESDI)   |  BINOCAR (British Isles Network of Congenital Anomaly Registers)
 
EACTS (European Assoc. Cardi-Thoracic Surgeons)

  CCAD (www.ccad.org.uk/congenital) - Paediatric Congenital Heart Disease statistics

  Congenital anomaly surveillance in England - ascertainment deficiencies in the national system, BMJ, 2005


3D Fetal Heart Model   (new: Dec. 2007)

http://www.sensiblemodels.co.uk - a model fetal heart that demonstrates the structures in the scan planes and their relationships to each other


Fetal Cardiology CDs   (updated: Jun. 2007)

  echoUK CDs (fetal heart scan)


  "Cardiac Screening Examination of the Fetus":  DeVore, (c) ISUOG, 2006
  DeVore Cardiology CD
http://www.fetalecho.com    (1-user licence costs approx. $285 via Web (incl. P&P))


  TKI Fetal Cardiology CD (& Others) http://www.tki.com
  (Approx. costs:    Fetal Cardiology CD (Lindsey Allan) £225;    GyneE £800;   Platypus £1495 for a new site, £500 for a second user) 
  Contacting TKI in the UK (correct at end 2001)
   TKI Medical (Europe) Ltd.
   c/o Estate Office Broughton Hall Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 3AE  UK
   Tel: 011 44 1 7567 00728    Fax: 011 44 1 7567 01101    platypus@FSBDial.co.uk


selected articles (improving CoHD screening)  (last checked: Apr. 2006)

Carvalho et al, "Improving the effectiveness of routine prenatal screening for major
congenital heart defects", Heart, 2002, volume 88, pages 387-391 


selected articles (Cochrane review)  (last checked: Jan. 2006)

  Cochrane Collaboration (Cochrane Library)  |  Cochrane Library (Update Software)


Doppler ultrasound for fetal assessment in high risk pregnancies
Reviewers' conclusions: The use of Doppler ultrasound in high risk pregnancies appears to improve a number of obstetric care outcomes and appears promising in helping to reducing perinatal deaths.

Ultrasound for fetal assessment in early pregnancy
Reviewers' conclusions: Routine ultrasound in early pregnancy appears to enable better gestational age assessment, earlier detection of multiple pregnancies and earlier detection of clinically unsuspected fetal malformation at a time when termination of pregnancy is possible. However, the benefits for other substantive outcomes are less clear.

Routine Doppler ultrasound in pregnancy
Reviewers' conclusions: Based on existing evidence, routine Doppler ultrasound in low risk or unselected populations does not confer benefit on mother or baby. Future research should be powerful enough to address small changes in perinatal outcome, and should include evaluation of maternal psychological effects, long term outcomes such as neurodevelopment, and issues of safety.

Routine ultrasound in late pregnancy (after 24 weeks gestation)
Reviewers' conclusions: Based on existing evidence, routine late pregnancy ultrasound in low risk or unselected populations does not confer benefit on mother or baby. There is a lack of data about the potential psychological effects of routine ultrasound in late pregnancy, and the effects on both short and long term neonatal and childhood outcome. Placental grading in the third trimester may be valuable, but whether reported results are reproducible remains to be seen, and future research of late pregnancy ultrasound should include evaluation of placental textural assessment.


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