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>> WE OFFER FOCUSED, COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION
THAT CAN ALL BE PERFORMED IN ONE DAY.
SO THAT WHEN YOU LEAVE HERE YOU HAVE THE ANSWER.
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH,
AND YOU CAN MOVE ON WITH THE PREGNANCY.
THE THREE TESTS THAT FAMILIES WILL HAVE WHEN THEY COME HERE
IS AN ULTRA-FAST FETAL MRI, WHICH IS DONE UNDER A RAPID SEQUENCING
TECHNIQUE IN WHICH WE DON'T HAVE TO SEDATE THE MOM
OR GIVE A MUSCLE RELAXANT TO THE FETUS.
THE NEXT TEST THAT THEY HAVE IS A HIGH-RESOLUTION ULTRASOUND
WHICH CAN LAST ANYWHERE FROM AN HOUR AND MORE,
WHICH GIVES US VERY, VERY GOOD ANATOMIC DETAIL AS TO WHAT TYPE
OF LUNG LESION WE'RE DEALING WITH.
AND THEN LASTLY IS A FETAL ECHOCARDIOGRAM,
WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY AN ULTRASOUND BUT JUST PERFORMED
AT THE FETAL HEART AND PERFORMED BY A FETAL CARDIOLOGIST.