Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen und Diagnose

Congenital Heart Anomalies in Foetuses: Therapeutic Interventions

Abstract

Dinarević SM

In the last two decades there has been an enormous step forward in the diagnosis and therapeutic interventions (TI) in foetuses with congenital heart anomalies. Prenatal diagnosis and therapy not only require many professional skills, but entails many ethical and legislative consequences, causing a critical attitude. Therefore, the experts dealing with fetology are obliged to present their results, no matter what they are, because only in this way the contribution to the development and proper understanding of the concept could be made. Understanding the natural history of the malformation and the continual ability to refine patient selection are critical for possible TI.