title: Double-chamber right ventricle associated with severe fetal cardiac failure.
abstract: Fetal cardiac defects leading to intrauterine cardiac failure and subsequent fetal hydrops are rare. We report an unusual case of a double-chamber right ventricle leading to progressive fetal cardiac insufficiency and hydrops. The patient was first managed conservatively. Delivery by Cesarean section was performed for a pathological fetal heart-rate tracing at 28 weeks of gestation. The newborn died 4 h postpartum due to generalized cardiac insufficiency.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. sven.becker@med.uni-tuebingen.de
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hofbeck
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kendziorra
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wallwiener
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mielke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005318:Fetal Heart / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D015160:Hydrops Fetalis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods*