title: Fetal cardiac circulation in isolated aortic atresia assessed with ultrasound.
abstract: Congenital heart diseases are common, with an incidence of more than 8 in 1000 live births. Aortic atresia is a rare diagnosis and its prognosis is very poor. In this article, we present a case of isolated aortic atresia, a very rare cardiovascular anomaly, and its fetal ultrasound findings which include blood flow at foramen ovale from left to right, right deviation of the interventricular septum, dysfunction of the mitral valve and cardiomegaly. Aortic stenosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of aortic atresia. However, in the case of severe aortic stenosis and/or accompanying ventricular septal defect, differential diagnosis may not be done.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ankara Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Aslı Tanrıvermiş
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Sayit
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ankara Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ipek
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ankara Etlik Ihtisas Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Aydın
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kurt
authors.affiliation: Medical Student, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
authors.forename: Bayan G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Aghdasi
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ankara Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Halil
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arslan
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ankara Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gümüş
keywords: Aortic atresia; cardiovascular anomaly; color Doppler ultrasound; congenital heart disease; fetus