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Murine Fetal Echocardiography
Published on: February 15, 2013
Echocardiography detection of fetal ventricular aneurysm: A report of three cases
Hong Wang1, Dan-Ming Geng1, Lu-Min Zhang2
1Department of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Dongfang Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
From March 2007 to September 2009, we have screened with echocardiography a total of 6,502 pregnant women for fetal heart disease. We found three cases of fetal ventricular aneurysm. The relatively large size of the aneurysm in these three cases was clearly visible under standard four-chamber view. Two were right ventricular aneurysms arisen from the ventricular free wall, and both showed characteristics of true aneurysm with a thin wall and a large communication with the ventricular chamber. Color Doppler showed passive movement of aneurysm during right ventricle contraction. The third case was a large left ventricular aneurysm outpouching from a small opening of the left ventricular wall close to the apical region. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 43:257-261, 2015.
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