A fetal telecardiology service: patient preference and socio-economic factors.

Objective: The aims of this study were to evaluate patients' opinions on a fetal cardiology telemedicine service compared with usual outpatient care, the effect of the telemedicine consultation on maternal anxiety and its impact on travel times and time absent from work.

Methods: Prospective study over 20 months. Eligible patients attended for routine anomaly scan followed by fetal echocardiogram transmitted to the regional centre with live guidance by a fetal cardiologist, followed by parental counselling.

Fetal diagnosis of congenital heart disease by telemedicine.

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility, accuracy and user acceptability of performing remote fetal echocardiograms (FEs).

Setting: A regional fetal cardiology unit and a district general hospital (DGH).

Design: A prospective study over 20 months.