[The usefulness of Doppler echocardiography in the diagnosis of neonatal Marfan's syndrome. A clinical case report].
Marfan syndrome is very rarely diagnosed in the neonate, and specific pathological and clinical findings are described in this age; cardiac involvement occurs very often, carrying severe prognosis in most patients. In the presented case the diagnosis was suspected according to clinical findings; bidimensional echocardiography showed that the most important lesion was tricuspid dysplasia and prolapse; Doppler echocardiography has contributed to explain the clinical severity, showing regurgitation of all cardiac valves and a pattern of functional tricuspid atresia. Autoptic examination has later confirmed all these findings.
Manetti
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Unità Operativa di Cardiologia, Ospedale A Meyer, Firenze.
De Simone
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L
Favilli
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S
Cecchi
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F
Pollini
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I
Gori
F
F
D004452:Echocardiography; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology
Utilità dell'ecocardiografia Doppler nella diagnosi di sindrome di Marfan neonatale. Descrizione di un caso clinico.