What this domain was, and what it is now

Domains outlive their projects. If you arrived here through an old link or citation, this page tells you honestly what used to live at this address, what happened in between, and what we are.

2017-2023: the IPCCG years

For roughly six years, this domain was the home of the International Prenatal Cardiology Collaboration Group (IPCCG) - a multinational collaboration of fetal cardiologists, obstetricians, and researchers coordinated from Poland, associated with the Polish fetal cardiac defects registry (IPAK-CARD) and research groups led from the Medical University of Lodz and Plock academic institutions.

The group's published work - identifiable in PubMed by its collaborations and registry studies - centered on real-world prenatal detection of congenital heart defects across many centers, including a widely cited analysis of database penetration: how many fetuses with heart defects the screening systems of participating countries actually found before birth (Journal of Perinatal Medicine, PMCID: PMC4368244, and related papers). The domain was cited in the methods and correspondence of that literature.

Now: an independent education site

The IPCCG's registration of this domain ended in 2023; this site is a new project, unaffiliated with the IPCCG, its coordinators, the Polish Ministry of Health, or any hospital. We chose to continue the domain's public-education direction - explaining fetal heart findings to the families who live with them - because that is the honest continuity available: same subject, new stewardship, clearly labeled.

We do not claim, inherit, or trade on the IPCCG's authority. When we cite the group's research, we cite it as any independent site would - by publication, with identifiers.

Corrections welcome

If you were part of the IPCCG and something above is inaccurate, or you hold rights we should respect, write to guard@prenatalcardiology.org and we will correct the record. History pages like this one are maintained, not written once.