title: Prenatal sonographic detection of cardiac aneurysms and diverticula.
abstract: We describe three cases of isolated ventricular aneurysm or diverticulum detected antenatally, with subsequent prenatal serial study and postnatal follow-up. Two pregnancies with in utero left ventricular aneurysm, both involving the apex, were referred for fetal atrial arrhythmias at 28 and 25 weeks of gestation, respectively. The aneurysms had a saccular appearance and were thin-walled and hypokinetic. In a third pregnancy, referred for an abnormal four-chamber view, the fetus was found to have a right ventricular aneurysm or diverticulum protruding beneath the tricuspid valve annulus. All three continued to term and at no time demonstrated cardiovascular compromise.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Hornberger
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dalvi
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Benacerraf
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal