Fetal echocardiography using transvaginal and transabdominal probes during the first period of pregnancy: a comparative study

Prenat Diagn. 1991 Feb;11(2):69-75. doi: 10.1002/pd.1970110202.

Abstract

The authors compare the diagnostic possibilities of fetal transabdominal echocardiography versus transvaginal echocardiography. A larger diagnostic capacity is verified in different gestation ages with transvaginal probe between the 11th and 14th week of gestation. The results are emphasized by colour Doppler.

MeSH terms

  • Echocardiography, Doppler / methods*
  • Female
  • Gestational Age
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Trimester, First
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal / methods*