Double-chamber right ventricle associated with severe fetal cardiac failure.
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.
Becker
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. sven.becker@med.uni-tuebingen.de
Hofbeck
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M
Kendziorra
H
H
Wallwiener
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D
Mielke
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G
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*