TY - JOUR
T1 - Prenatal Counseling of Fetal Congenital Heart Disease
AU - Lee, Caroline K.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - The field of fetal cardiology has advanced greatly over the last two decades and congenital heart defects can now be identified in utero with a high level of accuracy. Prenatal counseling of parents given the news of a fetal cardiac defect is an important role of the fetal cardiologist. Prenatal counseling is a complex task that requires skill to perform and interpret fetal echocardiograms, an understanding of fetal and postnatal cardiovascular physiology, knowledge of therapeutic and surgical options, and of long-term outcomes including quality of life. Just as important is the manner in which the information is conveyed and the support offered to the parents as these affect parental understanding, influence decision-making, and may impact the parents’ emotional and psychological coping.
AB - The field of fetal cardiology has advanced greatly over the last two decades and congenital heart defects can now be identified in utero with a high level of accuracy. Prenatal counseling of parents given the news of a fetal cardiac defect is an important role of the fetal cardiologist. Prenatal counseling is a complex task that requires skill to perform and interpret fetal echocardiograms, an understanding of fetal and postnatal cardiovascular physiology, knowledge of therapeutic and surgical options, and of long-term outcomes including quality of life. Just as important is the manner in which the information is conveyed and the support offered to the parents as these affect parental understanding, influence decision-making, and may impact the parents’ emotional and psychological coping.
KW - Congenital heart disease
KW - Fetal cardiology
KW - Fetal echocardiography
KW - Prenatal counseling
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85013074864&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11936-017-0502-1
DO - 10.1007/s11936-017-0502-1
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85013074864
SN - 1092-8464
VL - 19
JO - Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine
JF - Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine
IS - 1
M1 - 5
ER -