Maternal-fetal attachment and prenatal diagnosis of heart disease.

Objective: To test the hypothesis that there are differences in the level of maternal-fetal attachment before and after fetal echocardiography in the presence or absence of cardiac abnormalities.

Study Design: Cohort study in which the mothers responded to a validated Maternal-Fetal Attachment Scale. The study compared a group of pregnant women with diagnosis of fetal heart disease (FHD) with a group without this diagnosis ("no fetal heart disease" - NFHD).