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IN UTERO CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE DUE TO MATERNAL INDOMETHACIN TREATMENT FOR POLYHYDRAMNIOS AND PREMATURE LABOUR IN A FETUS WITH ANTENATAL CLOSURE OF THE FORAMEN OVALE
Author(s) -
ACHIRON REUWEN,
LIPITZ SHLOMO,
KIDRON DEBORA,
BERANT MICHAEL,
HEGESH JULIUS,
ROTSTEIN ZEEV
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
prenatal diagnosis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.956
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1097-0223
pISSN - 0197-3851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0223(199607)16:7<652::aid-pd917>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - polyhydramnios , medicine , foramen ovale (heart) , fetus , ductus arteriosus , in utero , heart failure , cardiology , patent foramen ovale , obstetrics , pregnancy , genetics , migraine , biology
A case of severe fetal congestive heart failure due to occlusion of the ductus arteriosus in a mother treated with indomethacin for polyhydramnios and premature contractions is described. Closure of the fetal foramen ovale that escaped detection by prenatal echocardiography was later demonstrated at neonatal autopsy. This case suggests that indomethacin treatment in a ductus‐dependent fetus may be hazardous. Therefore, careful surveillance of the fetus exposed to indomethacin in utero is warranted.