Fetal Heart Screening at UMMC
Channel: UMMCVideos
Date: 2020-09-29

Shifa Turan, MD, and one of her patients, Kelly Linderman, describe the benefits of a first-trimester ultrasound to see the structures of the fetal heart to detect congenital heart defects.

Dr. Turan, Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Director of the Fetal Heart Program at the University of Maryland Medical Center, says the fetal heart is fully formed at eight weeks and an ultrasound in the first trimester (11-14 weeks) can detect the majority of problems with the heart’s structure present at birth.

Learn more about the UMMC Fetal Heart Program:
http://umm.edu/fetalheart

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