FETAL ECHO TECHIQUES

1. Fetal ♥ EchoFetal ♥ Echo
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Fetal ♥ 3VV
Echocardiographic Anatomy in the Fetus, 2008, Chippa, Cook, Botta, Silverman
P A S
S
AP

2. Fetal ♥ EchoFetal ♥ Echo
2The 3VV “V” by color Doppler

3. Fetal ♥ EchoFetal ♥ Echo
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3VV “V” shape: - DA should ~/= Aortic Isthmus

4. Fetal ♥ EchoFetal ♥ Echo
“U rather than “V” = vascular ring – Rt Ao Arch 4

5. Fetal ♥ EchoFetal ♥ Echo
5So, no “U” in the 3 Vessel View!

6. Fetal ♥ EchoFetal ♥ Echo
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Rt Ao Arch with Left Ductus Arteriosus

7. Fetal ♥ EchoFetal ♥ Echo
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Double Arch Double Arch Rt Aortic Arch
Ductus Diverticulum

8. Fetal ♥ EchoFetal ♥ Echo
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Rt
Lt Sub Art
SVC
In Vein
DAo
DA
Rt Ao Arch
posterior
aspect

9. Fetal ♥ EchoFetal ♥ Echo
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Fetal ♥ 3VV
28
PA = 2X Ao
(Suggests L or RVVO)
Des Thor Ao
As Ao
SVC
MPA
Normal 3VV, but with small Aorta

10. Fetal ♥ EchoFetal ♥ Echo
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Fetal ♥ 3VV
29Tetralogy of Fallot, Left Aortic Arch, Bilateral SVCs
Des Th Ao
LSVCRSVC
MPA
As Ao

11. Fetal ♥ EchoFetal ♥ Echo
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Fetal ♥ 3VV
As Ao
Des Thor Ao
MPA
SVC
Tetralogy of Fallot with Pulmonary Valve Atresia

12. Fetal ♥ EchoFetal ♥ Echo
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Fetal ♥ 3VV
323VV in d-Transposition of the Great Arteries
RSVC
As Ao
MPA
DAo
Lt
Rt
d- means anterior and to the right

13. Fetal ♥ EchoFetal ♥ Echo
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Fetal ♥ 3VV
3VV in Aortic Atresia - HLHS
MPA
RSVC
Des Thor Ao
As Ao

14. Fetal ♥ EchoFetal ♥ Echo
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15. Fetal ♥ EchoFetal ♥ Echo
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Absent Rt SVC, Persistent Lt SVC