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Prenatal diagnosis of a left ventricular diverticulum
Author(s) -
Paoletti Debra,
Robertson Meiri
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
australasian journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2205-0140
pISSN - 1836-6864
DOI - 10.1002/j.2205-0140.2012.tb00016.x
Subject(s) - medicine , diverticulum (mollusc) , prenatal diagnosis , heart defect , fetal heart , color doppler , cardiology , radiology , heart disease , ultrasonography , pregnancy , fetus , biology , genetics
A congenital left ventricular diverticulum is a rare prenatal finding. The four‐chamber view of the heart is a standard part of the 18–20 week morphology scan, and evaluation of the heart with colour Doppler imaging has greatly enhanced the detection of rare and subtle cardiac anomalies.