The Fontan operation was first performed in 1968. Since then, this operation has been performed on thousands of patients worldwide. Results vary from very good for many decades to very bad with a ...

Fetal MRI also allows the assessment of other organs that can be affected or play a role in the development of congenital heart disease, such as the lungs and the placenta. 84,85 Specifically, fetal ...

2.2. Fetal Heart Screening During Morphological Ultrasound Considering all these characteristics, we propose a very simple methodology for evaluating the fetal heart, which has been applied in various ...

Methods: This retrospective analysis of a prospectively-enrolled cohort included cases with isolated CHD and healthy controls with a family history of CHD. Cases were classified by fetal cardiac ...

Fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT) is a rare disease in which maternal alloantibodies destroy fetal platelets. The maternal antibodies cross the placenta and enter the fetal ...

In some cases, hemolysis may continue during the first months of life—and sometimes for up to 6 to 12 months after birth—until the still-active maternal antibodies are cleared from the neonatal ...

Recall their definition of a gestateling ‘is to have a physiology characteristic of a fetus, but to exist outside of a gestating mammal.’ 5 Expressing fetal haemoglobin for the treatment of SCD ...

Global Fetal and Neonatal Heart Monitor Market: Introduction The heart and the circulatory systems followed by the nervous system is formed at the earliest stages of Fetus. In the 3rd week, the heart ...

Figure 1. Production and metabolism of ANP, BNP, and NT-proBNP in the fetoplacental circulation and amniotic fluid. The fetus and mother independently produce and metabolize ANP and BNP. Fetal plasma ...