Successful palliation of Ebstein's malformation on the first day of life following fetal diagnosis.
Severe Ebstein's malformation has a poor prognosis when diagnosed during the neonatal period. Surgical options that have proved successful in older patients have been associated with high mortality and morbidity in neonates. We report here our success with a policy of induction at term and immediate surgical intervention when Ebstein's malformation was diagnosed prenatally.
DeLeon
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MA
Division of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery and Cardiology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60614, USA.
Gidding
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SS
Gotteiner
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Backer
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CL
Mavroudis
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C
D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D004437:Ebstein Anomaly / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007751:Labor, Induced / Q000379:methods; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation*; D011379:Prognosis; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal