Aortic arch interruption: two-dimensional echocardiographic recognition in utero.
A case of aortic arch interruption detected in a 17-week-old fetus and confirmed after therapeutic abortion is reported. The potential usefulness of cross-sectional echocardiography in prenatal detection of aortic arch anomalies is discussed.
D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004487:Edema / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D014424:Turner Syndrome / Q000150:complications