Abbreviations
CHD: Congenital heart disease
FE: Fetal echocardiography
IVF: In vitro fertilization
CHB: Complete heart block
PAC: Premature atrial contraction
LV: Left ventricle
RV: Right ventricle
VSD: Ventricular septal defect
ASD: Atrial septal defect
TOF: Tetralogy of Fallot
TGA: Transposition of great arteries
CTGA: Corrected transposition of great arteries
PA: Pulmonary atresia
PS: Pulmonary stenosis
AS: Aortic stenosis
IVS: Interventricular septum
DORV: Double outlet right ventricle
HLHS: Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
HRHS: Hypoplastic right heart syndrome
CoA: Coarctation of aorta
AVSD: Atrioventricular septal defect
ICEF: Intracardiac echogenic focus
GDM: Gestational diabetes mellitus
SLE: Systemic lupus erythematosus
RA: Rheumatoid arthritis
DCM: Dilated cardiomyopathy
PPI: Permanent pacemaker implantation
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