Extreme redundancy of the valve of the fossa ovalis with right heart hypoplasia in a neonate with trisomy 18.
Infants with trisomy 18 often have important cardiovascular malformations. We describe an infant with trisomy 18 who had extreme redundancy of the flap valve of the fossa ovalis along with right heart hypoplasia.
Vyas
Himeshkumar
H
Department of Pediatrics/Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Cabalka
Allison K
AK
D002887:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18; D005260:Female; D006343:Heart Septal Defects / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D014314:Trisomy; D014463:Ultrasonography