The cardiac system is the part of the fetal anatomy that most frequently suffers from congenital pathology . The fetal heart is routinely studied using first level obstetric ultrasonography. If a fetus is considered to have a cardiac defect, a detailed echocardiographic examination is required. The role of fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a tool additional to ultrasound has grown exponentially. Unlike ultrasound imaging, however, MRI is unaffected by maternal and fetal conditions such as obesity and oligohydramnios, which particularly impair sonographic visualization of the fetal heart. In this educational poster, we will provide an overview of fetal cardiac MR imaging methods and their applications in congenital heart disease. This presentation will cover recent technical advances in fetal CMR, the modified anatomic segmental approach to image fetal congenital heart disease, imaging appearances of fetal normal cardiovascular structure and appearances of various structural congenital heart disease on fetal CMR. Multiple imaging examples of fetal congenital heart disease diagnosed by fetal cardiac MR will be presented. Read More

Meeting name: SPR 2024 Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course , 2024

Authors: Dong Su-zhen

Keywords: Fetus, Magnetic resonance imaging, Congenital heart disease

1. Review the safety, limitations and advantages of fetal cardiac MR (CMR) 2. Discuss potentialindications of fetal CMR 3. Describe the technique of fetal CMR, including imaging sequences, imaging planes, the method of overcoming motion artifact 4. Illustrate the appearance of normal fetal cardiac structures and present a modified anatomic segmental approach of congenital heart disease (CHD) at prenatal CMR 5. Demonstrate examples of fetal CMR in the evaluation of various cardiovascular anomalies Read More

Meeting name: SPR 2018 Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course , 2018

Authors: Dong Su-zhen

Keywords: Fetus, cardiac magnetic resonance, congenital heart disease