title: Prenatal diagnosis of a left ventricular aneurysm.
abstract: In a fetus with ventricular extrasystoles a congenital aneurysm of the left ventricle was diagnosed prenatally. At 32 weeks of gestation, echocardiography showed a large apical left ventricular aneurysm with a thin, hypokinetic wall. Congestive heart failure did not occur. Prenatal and postnatal examinations did not detect the aetiology of the aneurysm, but excluded the majority of possible causes. The 2-year-old child is now asymptomatic and normally developed. Neither medication nor surgical treatment have been necessary, except for antithrombotic prophylaxis with low-dose aspirin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prenatal Diagnosis and Therapy, University of Bonn, F.R.G.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gembruch
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Steil
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Redel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hansmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic