fetal cardiology web-sites
(A small selection. Updated: Jan. 2007.
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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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