A simplified method to determine fetal laterality and cardiac position with a single transverse ultrasound sweep of fetal thorax
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Fetal echocardiography is now an indispensable tool to detect a wide range of cardiac anomalies in utero. The cardiac evaluation for congenital heart disease follows the sequential segmental analysis, and the first step is the determination of the abdominal situs and cardiac position. There is a range of complex cardiac anomalies in heterotaxy syndromes, and the determination of fetal situs is of foremost importance in understanding the complex cardiac anomalies. Students of fetal echocardiography always have a dilemma when deciding on fetal situs. Here, we describe a simple way of easily determining fetal situs.
Source: Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
Author: Yash Shrivastava
Institution: All India Institute of Medical Sciences Rishikesh
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4412410022