Screening Views of the Fetal Heart

Abstract

International guidelines have been published describing standard screening views of the fetal heart ensuring a systematic approach is undertaken by all practitioners involved in the prenatal detection of major congenital heart disease (CHD). This systematic approach involves a series of transverse cuts in a caudal to cranial direction including the cardiac situs, four chamber view, left ventricular outflow tract, right ventricular outflow tract, three vessel view (3VV) and finally the three vessel and trachea (3VT) view. This approach aims to increase the prenatal detection of major forms of CHD using a system which can be incorporated into fetal anomaly screening programs.