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Odborné stanovisko k organizaci prenatální kardiologie v České republice. Vypracované Pracovní skupinou dětské kardiologie České kardiologické společnosti
| Title in English | Expert consensus statement on prenatal cardiology organization in the Czech Republic. Prepared by the Workng Group on Pediatric Cardiology of the Czech Society of Cardiology |
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| Year of publication | 2020 |
| Type | Article in Periodical (without peer review) |
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| Description | Congenital heart disease is the most common birth defect leading to death in childhood. Its prevalence is reported to be between 4-13 per 1,000 live births. Structural veins of the heart are most often an unrecognized congenital defect in prenatal screening at all.3 Proper prenatal detection can improve the prognosis of many congenital heart defects. The prenatal cardiology program also has significant economic impacts, either due to the termination of pregnancy with complexly affected fetuses, or due to a significantly lower incidence of complications in patients diagnosed with the disease and treated in time. A screening program based on multidisciplinary cooperation now exists in most developed countries and is being further developed. The recommendations of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG) for fetal ultrasound examination suggest that the effectiveness of such a system is greatly aided by a low threshold in the recommendation for echocardiography by a specialist in prenatal cardiology. A similar recommendation is taken by AIUM (American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine), AEPC (Association for European Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology) and American Heart Association. |