Fetal heart/circulation registry review Flashcards
Embryology
Initially 2 tubes that fuse and fold to form 4 chambers
Heart contractions
Begin at 36 days gestation (5 weeks), detected on US by CRL 5mm
Normal FHR
120-180BPM
Full formation of heart
10 weeks
Normal anatomy
Apex angled to left of midline at 45 degree angle from spine, stomach and apex of heart pointing to left of fetus
Levocardia
Normal cardiac position
Dextrocardia
Abnormal cardiac situs, apex pointing to the right chest
Normal cardiac rythem
Atrial and ventricular beats documented simultaneously
Documentation of normal cardiac rythem
M mode through ventricle and atrium, doppler of inflow/outflow
4CH view
-Left and right ventricles separated by interventricular septum
-RV and LV should be similar in size
-Lt/Rt atria separated by atrial septum opening at foramen ovale
Opening from left atrium to left ventricle
Mitral valve
Opening from right atrium to right ventricle
Tricuspid valve
Chamber closest to sternum
Right ventricle
Chamber closest to spine
Descending aorta
Outflow tracts
Right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT)
Left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT)
LVOT
Shows left ventricle to Aorta
MPA
Main pulmonary artery
RVOT
Shows right ventricle to MPA
3 vessel view (3VV)
Pulmonary artery, aorta, superior vena cava (stack of coins)
Fetal oxygenated blood
Comes from the umbilical vein and not the lungs, requires “bypasses”
Left side of heart + aorta
Directed by shunts to supply most of the blood to the body
3 fetal heart bypasses
Ductus venosus, foramen ovale, ductus arteriosus
Ductus venosus
Umbilical vein to IVC, bypasses liver
Foramen ovale
Rt atrium to lt atrium
Ductus arteriosus
MPA to aorta, bypasses lungs
Deoxygentated blood from mom–> oxygenated fetal blood
Through placenta goes from deoxygenated to oxygenated
OXBlood FLOW from fetal heart to fetal body
Placenta (O2)–>umbilical vein–>fetal liver(stops at liver) AND ductus venosus –>IVC +SVC–>Rt atrium–>Foramen ovale (–> left atrium) AND tricuspid valve–> right ventricle–>main pulmonary artery–> ductus arteriosis–> aorta–> body
Blood FLOW returning to fetal heart from lungs
Pulmonary vein –> lt atrium –> mitral valve –> left ventricle–> aorta
DEOXBlood FLOW from fetal body to placenta
Internal iliac arteries–> umbilical arteries–> Placenta