title: Prenatal Diagnosis of Cardiac Diverticulum with Pericardial Effusion in the First Trimester of Pregnancy with Resolution after Early Pericardiocentesis.
abstract: Cardiac diverticulum is a rare anomaly, which may present in association with pericardial effusion. Only few cases diagnosed during fetal life have been published and only in 12 cases pericardiocentesis was made with good postnatal outcomes in 83% of the cases. In the first trimester of pregnancy only 6 cases were reported. We described the largest series of cases published. We describe a case of cardiac diverticulum complicated with pericardial effusion during the first trimester of pregnancy and resolved by intrauterine pericardiocentesis at 17 weeks of pregnancy. We made a systematic review of the literature with the cases reported of cardiac diverticulum, management, and outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal Therapy Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Maternity Hospital of Canaries, Las Palmas, 35004 Gran Canaria, Spain.
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Garcia Rodriguez
authors.affiliation: Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal Therapy Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Maternity Hospital of Canaries, Las Palmas, 35004 Gran Canaria, Spain.
authors.forename: Azahara
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodriguez Guedes
authors.affiliation: Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal Therapy Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Maternity Hospital of Canaries, Las Palmas, 35004 Gran Canaria, Spain.
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Garcia Delgado
authors.affiliation: Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal Therapy Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Maternity Hospital of Canaries, Las Palmas, 35004 Gran Canaria, Spain.
authors.forename: Lourdes
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Roldan Gutierrez
authors.affiliation: Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal Therapy Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Maternity Hospital of Canaries, Las Palmas, 35004 Gran Canaria, Spain.
authors.forename: Margarita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Medina Castellano
authors.affiliation: Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal Therapy Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Maternity Hospital of Canaries, Las Palmas, 35004 Gran Canaria, Spain.
authors.forename: Jose Angel
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Garcia Hernandez