Fetal echocardiography: Results of a large clinical series in a tertiary center

Fetal echocardiography has become, in the last few years, an essential tool in the perinatal care of the fetus at risk for congenital heart disease. From January 1989 to October 1996, 2265 fetal echocardiograms were performed. The main reasons for referral were: gestational diabetes in 852 patients (39.4%), fetal arrhythmias (338 patients - 15.6%), previous diabetes mellitus (223 patients 10.3%), history of congenital heart disease in the …