
COURSE OBJECTIVES
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Understand normal and abnormal fetal cardiac anatomy and physiology
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Review the current recommendations for fetal cardiac screening and diagnosis
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Provide practical guidelines to optimize imaging of the fetal heart
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Teach a comprehensive, segmental approach to fetal echocardiographic imaging and interpretation through didactics, live case demonstrations with pregnant volunteers, and interactive case-based sessions
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Learn the latest updates in fetal cardiac intervention
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Understand techniques for evaluating normal and abnormal fetal cardiac rhythm
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Review the fetal brain-heart-placenta axis and its assessment by fetal MRI
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Identify opportunities to improve neurodevelopmental outcomes for patients with prenatally diagnosed heart disease
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Evaluate specific forms of prenatally diagnosed congenital heart disease, from anatomy and physiology to genetics, neurodevelopment, and perinatal management