The Fetal & Neonatal Cardiology Service performs fetal and newborn echocardiograms and cardiac consultations for all of Northern Alberta and Northwest Territories, and for referrals from Southern Alberta & Saskatchewan.The service performs fetal echocardiograms at 10-40 weeks of gestation for pregnancies at risk for structural, functional and rhythm-related fetal heart disease.
The fetal echo views the heart walls, heart valves, heart blood vessels and heart's pumping strength.
The service also performs newborn echocardiograms for suspected/at risk of heart anomalies not diagnosed before birth for babies in the RAH NICU and Well Baby Nursery only.
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