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Innovative Care for Devastating Disorders: Investigating Prenatal Enzyme Replacement
Pregnant patients with a diagnosed fetal lysosomal storage disease may have the opportunity to receive a promising treatment that could improve their babies’ health after birth.Fetal Tumors: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Watch “Fetal Tumors: A Multidisciplinary Approach” to learn about risk factors for disease severity and death, as well as other various clinical presentations of fetal tumors.Fetal Research at UCSF: Innovative Studies Provide Early Diagnosis and Explore Potential Intervention
Learn about exciting studies underway at the UCSF Fetal Treatment Center and how to easily refer patients who could benefit from participating in current trials.Fetal Care: Understanding and Managing Risks for Monochorionic Twins
UCSF experts share their approach to evaluating twins in utero, focused on ultrasound detection of those who share a placenta while developing in separate amniotic spaces. Radiologist Vickie A. Feldstein, MD, and perinatologist Nasim Sobhani, MD, provide anatomical keys to anticipating complications, such as twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome.In Utero Therapy for Serious Genetic Disorders: Saving and Improving Children’s Lives
Early fetal therapies have the power to change everything for babies and families affected by alpha thalassemia major or lysosomal storage diseases.Window of Opportunity: The Potential Payoff of Early Fetal Ultrasound
Perinatologist and medical geneticist Mary E. Norton, MD, discusses the value – and clarifies the limitations – of fetal ultrasound as early as 11 weeks.Aortic Abnormalities: How to Identify Pediatric Patients at Risk
Pediatric cardiologist Emilio Quezada, MD, discusses signs that a young patient should be evaluated for genetic syndromes associated with thoracic aorta dilation and aneurysm.Congenital Heart Disease: The Value and Future of Fetal Screening
With CHD often discovered in low-risk pregnancies and associated with neurodevelopmental deficits, the need for more screening and advanced techniques is clear.The Potential of Fetal MRI: Delivering Value Now and in the Future
UCSF pediatric radiology specialists address fetal MRI safety concerns and explain when to consider advanced imaging.Genetic Diseases Linked to Nonimmune Hydrops: Distinctions in Diagnosis and Prognosis
In this short video, Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Genetics specialist, Dr. Teresa Sparks, MD, MAS, presents a recently published UCSF study of non-immune hydrops fetalis (NIHF) cases.Hard Facts to Inform Hard Decisions: Treating the Fetal Heart
Anita J. Moon-Grady, MD, FAAP, director of the UCSF Fetal Cardiovascular Program, examines the reality of whether long-term outcomes are better for babies who had in utero interventions for certain heart defects, as well as the short-term complications for mothers.Fetal Neurology: New Frontiers
Ventriculomegaly and corpus callosum abnormalities are relatively common fetal ultrasound findings involving the brain. Neuroimaging specialists at the UCSF Fetal Treatment Center illustrate their consult process, showing the prognostic range for these conditions and MRI’s potential payoff for patient management.