PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS OF AN ANEURYSM OF THE RIGHT ATRIUM

Congenital aneurysm of the right atrium was diagnosed in a 17‐week fetus. It appeared as an outward bulge of the right atrium which doubled its size. The aneurysm was akinetic. Flow across the atrioventricular valves appeared unobstructed. The fetus had no evidence of cardiac failure. The patient el...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Prenatal diagnosis 1996-11, Vol.16 (11), p.1043-1045
Hauptverfasser:	GROSS, BETH, PETRIKOVSKY, BORIS, CHALLENGER, MARGARET
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Biological and medical sciences cardiac aneurysm congenital heart disease Diseases of mother, fetus and pregnancy Female Fetal Diseases - diagnostic imaging fetal echocardiography Gestational Age Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics Heart Aneurysm - diagnostic imaging Heart Aneurysm - pathology Heart Atria - pathology Humans in utero diagnosis Medical sciences Pregnancy Pregnancy. Fetus. Placenta Ultrasonography, Prenatal
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Zusammenfassung:	Congenital aneurysm of the right atrium was diagnosed in a 17‐week fetus. It appeared as an outward bulge of the right atrium which doubled its size. The aneurysm was akinetic. Flow across the atrioventricular valves appeared unobstructed. The fetus had no evidence of cardiac failure. The patient elected to terminate the pregnancy. Autopsy results were confirmatory.
ISSN:	0197-3851 1097-0223
DOI:	10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199611)16:11<1043::AID-PD986>3.0.CO;2-#