The current state and potential innovation of fetal cardiac MRI

M Udine, YH Loke, S Goudar, MT Donofrio… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Fetal cardiac MRI is a rapidly evolving form of diagnostic testing with utility as a
complementary imaging modality for the diagnosis of congenital heart disease and …

Coarctation of the aorta: diagnosis and management

S Raza, S Aggarwal, P Jenkins, A Kharabish, S Anwer… - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) accounts for approximately 5–8% of all congenital heart
defects. Depending on the severity of the CoA and the presence of associated cardiac …

Cerebral blood flow monitoring in high-risk fetal and neonatal populations

RL Leon, EB Ortigoza, N Ali, D Angelis… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cerebrovascular pressure autoregulation promotes stable cerebral blood flow (CBF) across
a range of arterial blood pressures. Cerebral autoregulation (CA) is a developmental …

Automated 3D reconstruction of the fetal thorax in the standard atlas space from motion-corrupted MRI stacks for 21–36 weeks GA range

AU Uus, I Grigorescu, MPM van Poppel… - Medical image …, 2022 - Elsevier
Slice-to-volume registration (SVR) methods allow reconstruction of high-resolution 3D
images from multiple motion-corrupted stacks. SVR-based pipelines have been increasingly …

Total and regional brain volumes in fetuses with congenital heart disease

D Cromb, A Uus, MPM Van Poppel… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Congenital heart disease (CHD) is common and is associated with impaired
early brain development and neurodevelopmental outcomes, yet the exact mechanisms …

Integration of prenatal cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in congenital heart disease

A Desmond, KL Nguyen, CT Watterson… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Standard of care echocardiography can have limited diagnostic accuracy in certain cases of
fetal congenital heart disease. Prenatal cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging …

Non-invasive imaging assessment in patients with aortic coarctation: a contemporary review

I Leo, J Sabatino, M Avesani, S Moscatelli… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) is a congenital abnormality characterized by a narrowing of
the aortic lumen, which can lead to significant morbidity and mortality if left untreated. Even …

Coarctation of the aorta: Prenatal assessment, postnatal management and neonatal outcomes

B Arya, SA Maskatia - Seminars in perinatology, 2022 - Elsevier
Coarctation of the aorta (Coa) is a potentially life threatening diagnosis. It occurs in 0.3 per
1000 live births and accounts for 6-8% of all infants with congenital heart defects. Neonates …

Utility of fetal cardiac resonance imaging in prenatal clinical practice: current state of the art

A Pozza, E Reffo, B Castaldi, I Cattapan, M Avesani… - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The field of prenatal cardiac imaging has revolutionized the way we understand and
manage congenital heart diseases (CHD) in the developing fetus. In the prenatal period …

Learning the hidden signature of fetal arch anatomy: a three-dimensional shape analysis in suspected coarctation of the aorta

U Hermida, MPM van Poppel, DFA Lloyd… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Neonatal coarctation of the aorta (CoA) is a common congenital heart defect. Its antenatal
diagnosis remains challenging, and its pathophysiology is poorly understood. We present a …