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Interventional Cardiology

Maternal Medicine -fetal

 Maternal-fetal medicine (MFM), or perinatology, is a medical specialty that focuses on the management of high-risk pregnancies. A wide range of conditions can cause a pregnancy to be high-risk. A high-risk pregnancy can generally be defined as a pregnancy that endangers the health or life of a pregnant woman and/or her fetus. Doctors who practice this branch of obstetrics are also known as perinatologists​. Some women may be at an increased risk for complications during pregnancy if: they are having their first baby after age 35​​, have high blood pressure, diabetes or other medical conditions, carrying more than one baby, experience pre-term labor or have a history of pregnancy-related complications. Diagnostic Testing for Maternal-Fetal Medicine include: Three-Dimensional (3D) Ultrasound, Amniocentesis, Villus Sampling, Fetal Echocardiogram, Fetal magnetic resonance Imaging (MRI), genetic counseling, Specialized Ultrasound. Ultrasound is the most ordinarily used modality in pregnancy to image the unborn fetus and determine the health of the pregnancy. Across each trimester, ultrasound is employed to reinforce safety for the mother and supply reassurance regarding the fetal well-being. the most source of amnionic fluid is fetal urine. By analyzing a little sample of amnionic fluid, we can learn many things. Chorionic villus sampling (CVS) is a prenatal test that involves taking a little sample of tissue from the placenta, a structure within the uterus that provides blood and nutrients from the mother to the fetus, to check for chromosome abnormalities, like down syndrome and lots of others, and certain other genetic problems.  

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