Fetal heart and increased nuchal translucency: anatomical, pathophysiological, diagnostic and clinical aspects

Thesis

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Contents

Chapter 1: General introduction: aims and outline of the thesis

Chapter 2: The nuchal translucency and the fetal heart: a literature review

Chapter 3: Nuchal translucency measurement and congenital heart defects: modest association in low-risk pregnancies

Chapter 4: First trimester measurement of the ductus venosus pulsatility index for veins and the prediction of congenital heart defects

Chapter 5: Structural heart defects associated with an increased nuchal translucency: 9 years experience in a referral centre

Chapter 6: Increased nuchal translucency and fetal aortic incompetence due to a dysplastic bicuspid valve

Chapter 7A: Audit of referrals for fetal echocardiography: 10 years in a referral centre

Chapter 7B: Accuracy and benefit of prenatal diagnosis of cardiac defects in a referral centre

Chapter 8: Fetal cardiac function between 11 and 35 weeks’ gestation and nuchal translucency thickness

Chapter 9: Is fetal cardiac function gender dependent?

Chapter 10: Cardiac function in Trisomy 21 fetuses

Chapter 11: Echocardiographic evaluation of fetal cardiac function: clinical and anatomical correlations in two cases of endocardial fibroelastosis

Chapter 12: General discussion and summary of thesis

Chapter 13. Dutch summary

Chapter 14: Acknowledgements

Chapter 15: List of publications

Chapter 16: Curriculum vitae