title: Normal size left ventricle on antenatal scan in lethal hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
abstract: We present a case of lethal hypoplastic left heart syndrome missed at routine 20-week antenatal ultrasound examination because the left ventricle was of normal size on the standard four-chamber cardiac view. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome includes a spectrum of cardiac malformations. This case illustrates the difficulty in excluding the diagnosis of hypoplastic left heart syndrome on a single view from one antenatal second-trimester ultrasound examination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand.
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal