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Murine Fetal Echocardiography
Published on: February 15, 2013
[The role of fetal echocardiography during maternal pharmacological treatment]
Aneta Krasoń1, Katarzyna Janiak, Piotr Kaczmarek
1Zakładu Diagnostyki i Profilaktyki Wad Wrodzonych Instytutu Centrum Zdrowia Matki Polki w Łodzi.
Objective:
Fetal tricuspid valve regurgitation (TR) has been described in the literature in association with congenital heart defects, congestive heart failure, fetal cardiac arrhythmias and ductal occlusion. TR is very often present during echocardiographic examinations without structural anomalies of fetal heart and without extracardiac malformations (ECM).
Material And Methods:
The aim of this study was an analysis of fetal TR in cases without ECM and with normal heart anatomy (NHA) in 43/100 (43%) fetuses with maternal treatment.
Results:
In the study group the most common finding of TR with NHA was exposure to betamimetic. Fetal echocardiography was helpful in these cases to confirm the safety and fetal well-being during maternal pharmacological treatment due to premature labour.
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