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- 1. ? ARCHER ROAD Hospital Main Entrance Traffic and Parking Center for AgingAdministration Reitz Union University of Florida Main Campus SW14THSTREET SW13THSTREETU.S.441 CENTERDRIVE To Shands Endoscopy Center (2001 SW 13th St) 1/2 mile south of Archer Rd on east side ¡ PATIENT DROP OFF at Front Circle and West Entrance SW 16TH AVENUE ? 24 UF Dental Clinics ARCHER ROADOversized Vehicle Parking (Metered) Ronald McDonald House ACS/Winn-Dixie Hope Lodge Rush Lake Motel SW16THSTREET 441 Gerold L. Schiebler Children’s Medical Services Center MOWRY ROAD Parking West Visitor Parking Free shuttle pick-up CENTERDRIVE SW 16TH AVENUE 1329 Building 75 MOWRY ROAD UF Physicians GALELEMERANDDRIVE L L L L ToPatientParking L L L L SW 16TH AVENUE 24 MUSEUM ROADMUSEUM ROAD NEWELLDRIVE UF Health Medical Plaza Visitor Parking w w w UF Health Medical Plaza VAMC ? Shands at UF w MRI L L East Visitor Parking Health Science Center Staff Parking East L L BrainInstitute Atrium Lobby Entrance Entrance L L L NEWELLDRIVE Shands Professional Resource Centre University Police Department PATIENT DROP OFF PATIENT DROP OFF Academic Research Building Asthma Testing Lab UF CAMPUS SPEED LIMIT 20 MPH M First Floor M Turn here for East Parking Shands Cancer Hospital and Medical Center Shands Critical Care Center + Patient/ Staff Parking South Campus Visitor Parking Employee Parking Garage (Location of Shands Fitness and Wellness Center Shands Pediatric E.R. and Pediatrics After Hours Metered Parking w Shands at UF Emergency Room, Trauma CenterUF Health Davis Cancer Pavilion UF Health Pediatric Medical Specialties 2nd Floor, UF Health Medical PlazaIf the answer to any of the questions above is NO: Ask your doctor to refer you to a fetal cardiologist who specializes in evaluating and diagnosing problems in fetal hearts. This doctor can perform a fetal echocardiogram (a detailed ultrasound of your baby’s heart) to determine whether your baby’s heart is normal. Ask about your baby’s heart at your ultrasound 1. Are there four developed chambers? 2. Do you see four valves? 3. Do the two great vessels cross correctly? 4. Are the two lower chambers equal in size? 5.Isthewallbetweenthelowerchambersintact? 6. Do you see at least two veins (one on each side) entering the upper left chamber? 2000 SW Archer Road, 2nd Floor, Gainesville, FL 32608 Give your baby the best start in life. To schedule an appointment or talk to a fetal cardiac specialist, call 352.273.7600 or 352.273.7770, or toll-free at 866.696.2333. chc.med.ufl.edu UF Health Congenital Heart Center Fetal Cardiac Program UF Health Congenital Heart Center Fetal Cardiac Program Physicians and Staff Mark Bleiweis, MD CHC Director, Chief of Pediatric Congenital CV Surgery Bill Pietra, MD CHC Associate Director UF Chief of Pediatric Cardiology F. Jay Fricker, MD UF College of Medicine Professor, Pediatric Cardiology Jennifer Co-Vu, MD, FAAP CHC Fetal Cardiac Program Director Dr. Himesh Vyas, MD CHC Fetal Cardiologist Curt DeGroff, MD CHC Noninvasive Imaging Director Connie Nixon, RN CHC Nurse Clinical Coordinator Christina Gomez, RDCS Fetal Cardiac Sonographer Jennifer Bass, RDCS Fetal Cardiac Sonographer
- 2. Checking your baby’s heart at your second trimester ultrasound One common exam is the“second trimester ultrasound,”done midway through your pregnancy, around 18 weeks. Along with checking many other things during this screening, sonographers will get images and take measurements of your baby’s heart to make sure the chambers, valves and arteries are developing and working properly and are in the correct position. If any possible problems are detected with the baby’s heart during your second trimester ultrasound, your next best step is to arrange to have a“fetal echocardiogram.” Fetal echocardiograms are highly specialized, detailed ultrasound tests to see pictures of your baby’s heart. They can be performed by a pediatric cardiologist or a maternal-fetal specialist (perinatologist) – doctors who are specially trained to focus on performing, reading and evaluating fetal echocardiograms. We’re having a baby! Pregnancy and parenthood are joyful occasions, and it’s only natural to wish for your baby to be healthy. Regular prenatal care is vital to a healthy pregnancy, and with each visit to the obstetrician, we hope for a positive and reassuring report on the baby’s growth and progress. Most obstetricians and family doctors perform routine screenings, including one or more ultrasounds on unborn babies to ensure everything is developing normally. What if there’s a problem with my baby’s heart? A thorough fetal ultrasound, along with a fetal echocardiogram, can reveal congenital heart defects, which are abnormalities with the structures of the heart and/or problems with its electrical impulses. Once a pediatric cardiologist or a perinatologist has examined your unborn baby’s heart, the specialists will explain your baby’s diagnosis and talk to you about treatment and delivery options.You may be asked to deliver your baby at a hospital with high-risk obstetricians, a neonatal intensive care unit, a pediatric cardiac intensive care unit, and pediatric cardiology and heart surgery services, which lets your baby get faster medical and/or surgical care. The UF Health Congenital Heart Center and UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital offer these services. U.S. News has ranked both our pediatric cardiology and heart surgery services and neonatology program among the top 50 in the nation. Our program provides assistance in coordinating labor and delivery; education about your baby’s specific heart defect; comprehensive care for your newborn; access to a pediatric heart team highly skilled in treating complex congenital heart defects in newborns; and continuing care, education and support to your child and family. If problems are detected with your baby’s heart, arrange to have a fetal echocardiogram.