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Foetal echocardiography of transposition of the great arteries and common arterial trunk*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2013

Grace Freire ,
Michelle Miller  and
James Huhta
Grace Freire*
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, All Children's Hospital Heart Institute, Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States
Michelle Miller
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, All Children's Hospital Heart Institute, Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States
James Huhta
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, All Children's Hospital Heart Institute, Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States The Congenital Heart Institute of Florida, Pediatric Cardiology Associates/Pediatrix Medical Group, Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States
*
Correspondence to: G. Freire, Pediatric Cardiology, All Childrens Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine, 601 5th Street South, 2nd Floor, St Petersburg, FL 33701, United States of America. Tel: 727-767-3333; Fax: 727-767-8990; E-mail: grace.freire@allkids.org
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Abstract

Advances in foetal echocardiography allow detection of conotruncal anomalies such as transposition of the great arteries and common arterial trunk. Early detection of these anomalies is important for appropriate delivery planning, family counselling, and management. This manuscript will review the anatomic considerations, differential diagnosis, and foetal echocardiographic features of each of these malformations and review the importance of prenatal diagnosis and family counselling.

Keywords

Transposition of the great arteriescommon arterial trunkfoetal diagnosisfoetal echocardiography
Type
Original Article
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 22 , Issue 6: A Lifelong Interdisciplinary Approach to Common Arterial Trunk, Transposition of the Great Arteries, and Other Evolving Challenges in Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Disease , December 2012 , pp. 671 - 676
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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Footnotes

*

Presented at: 12th Annual International Symposium on Congenital Heart Disease, February 17–21, 2012, All Children's Hospital, Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States of America.

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