title: Primary endocardial fibroelastosis and nonimmune hydrops fetalis: case report with autopsy.
abstract: Endocardial fibroelastosis is an important cause of congestive heart failure and death in infancy and early childhood. When present, it is commonly associated with non immune hydrops fetalis. The aim of this study is to draw attention for possible cardiac abnormalities in cases of fetal hydrops, and report a case of premature death by primary endocardial fibroelastosis with autopsy.
authors.affiliation: 1Serviço de Verificação de Óbito , Santos , Brazil.
authors.forename: Cesar Cilento
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Ponce
authors.forename: Paula Vanessa Valverde
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Dinamarco
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D004695:Endocardial Fibroelastosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D015160:Hydrops Fetalis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: fetal echocardiography; nonimmune hydrops fetalis; primary endocardial fibroelastosis