Structural heart disease (SHD) intervention is the fastest-growing area in cardiology and cardiac surgery. The number of transcatheter procedures has increased from approximately 5000 procedures in 2012 to over 60,000…
Introduction Procedural and clinical outcomes for patients referred to the cardiac catheterization laboratory, including those undergoing percutaneous structural heart interventions, depend on obtaining safe and adequate vascular access. Structural heart…
Diagnosis from a Distance: Telecardiology in the Evaluation of Fetal Arrhythmias J. Fred Thomas Christina A. Olson Gerard Frunzi Bettina F. Cuneo INTRODUCTION There are several reasons that a timely…
The Fetal Pacemaker Yaniv Bar-Cohen Gerald E. Loeb Michael J. Silka Jay D. Pruetz Ramen H. Chmait INTRODUCTION Severe bradycardia, particularly when there is a sustained fetal heart rate (FHR)…
Magnetocardiography for the Fetus at Risk for Stillbirth Janette F. Strasburger INTRODUCTION For half a century, the superb diagnostic capabilities of ultrasound and echocardiography have been the primary tools for…
The Elusive Fetal Electrocardiogram Helena M. Gardiner INTRODUCTION The major adverse pregnancy outcomes include intrapartum mortality at 0.35 per 1000 births; stillbirth affecting 4.1 per 1000 births a year; birth…
Delivery Planning Mary T. Donofrio Alfred Abuhamad INTRODUCTION The prenatal diagnosis of fetal arrhythmias has improved perinatal outcomes in several ways (TABLE 5.3.1). First, treatment of incessant arrhythmias can decrease…
The Anti-Ro/SSA Positive Pregnancy Helena M. Gardiner Bettina F. Cuneo INTRODUCTION This chapter focuses on aspects of pregnancy related to anti-Ro/SSA antibody-associated fetal cardiac diseases collectively known as cardiac neonatal…
The Inherited Arrhythmia Syndromes Danna Spears INTRODUCTION The Inherited arrhythmia syndromes are relatively uncommon, but their true prevalence is difficult to accurately quantify, as gene carriers may not manifest disease….
Treatment of Immune-Mediated Atrioventricular Block Helena M. Gardiner Bettina F. Cuneo INTRODUCTION Among mothers with anti-Ro/SSA antibodies, fetal atrioventricular (AV) block is rare; the AV block phenotype and natural history…
