Current situation of treatment and research progress of fetal congenital heart disease / 中华胸心血管外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Congenital heart disease is one of the most common birth defects, and its structural changes often require surgical or non-surgical intervention after delivery. Some scholars believe that because early primary intrauterine heart abnormalities may hinder the normal development of the heart and cause irreversible secondary structural changes, the current treatment of congenital heart disease focuses on prenatal diagnosis and fetal intervention. Since the first successful fetal surgery in 1984, and with the development and progress of diagnostic techniques such as fetal cardiac ultrasound, the treatment of congenital heart disease has gradually become the focus of research. This article will focus on the intrauterine cardiac intervention of a specific type of congenital heart disease, fetal cardiac surgery guided by fetal scope, the impact of cardiopulmonary bypass on the fetus or the mother, intrauterine cardiac surgery and targeted therapy of fetal congenital heart disease are summarized in this article.