The Development of Echocardiography in China: The Pioneering Role of Xin-Fang Wang

Introduction: From fetal echocardiography to fetal cardiology: A journey of over half a century

“…It is held the first use of fetal echocardiography was reported by Wang et al in 1964, when the group studies 140 fetal hearts with A‐mode ultrasound . In 1980, Kleinman et al, Sahn et al, and Allen et al were among the first to use 2D fetal echocardiography to evaluate fetal structural and rhythm abnormalities.…”