Assessing the Clinical Utility of a Fetal Echocardiogram When a Sibling Has Congenital Heart Disease
Assessing the Clinical Utility of a Fetal Echocardiogram When a Sibling Has Congenital Heart Disease https://pediatricsnationwide.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/AdobeStock_296459677_forweb-1024x695.jpg 1024 695 JoAnna Pendergrass, DVM https://pediatricsnationwide.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pendergrass_01.jpg
A fetal echocardiogram when a sibling has congenital heart disease may not be clinically necessary if the fetus has a normal second-trimester level II ultrasound. A retrospective study led by Kacy Taylor, MSAH, RDCS, FASE, concluded that critical congenital heart disease (CHD) was not missed when a level two ultrasound (LII-US) was normal in a…