title: [In-utero treatment of hypoplastic left heart syndrome].
abstract: In-utero treatment of fetal aortic stenosis (AS) may prevent hypoplastic left heart syndrome. A girl was diagnosed prenatally with severe AS and was referred to the Women's and Children's Hospital in Linz, Austria, where she underwent an intrauterine valvuloplasty of the aortic valve. Postnatally, the girl was given prostaglandin and operated a.m. Ross-Konno. An echocardiography at the age of four months showed a neoaorta without stenosis and insufficiency and a normal systolic function of the left ventricle. This treatment must be carefully considered when dealing with fetuses with AS.
authors.affiliation: Natalvej 48, 2770 Kastrup. rebekka@tondering.dk.
authors.forename: Rebekka
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lytzen
authors.forename: Morten
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Helvind
authors.forename: Finn Stener
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Jørgensen
authors.forename: Connie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jørgensen
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Arzt
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tulzer
authors.forename: Niels
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vejlstrup
mesh_terms: D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D063126:Balloon Valvuloplasty / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005318:Fetal Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D018636:Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D007223:Infant; D011247:Pregnancy; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional