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Echocardiography detection of fetal ventricular aneurysm: A report of three cases
Author(s) -
Wang Hong,
Geng Danming,
Zhang Lumin,
Wu Xiaoying,
Zheng Feng
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.22211
Subject(s) - medicine , aneurysm , ventricle , left ventricular aneurysm , cardiology , ventricular aneurysm , doppler echocardiography , fetus , ultrasound , heart aneurysm , fetal echocardiography , color doppler , radiology , ultrasonography , pregnancy , diastole , prenatal diagnosis , blood pressure , genetics , biology
From March 2007 to September 2009, we have screened with echocardiography a total of 6,502 pregnant women for fetal heart disease. We found three cases of fetal ventricular aneurysm. The relatively large size of the aneurysm in these three cases was clearly visible under standard four‐chamber view. Two were right ventricular aneurysms arisen from the ventricular free wall, and both showed characteristics of true aneurysm with a thin wall and a large communication with the ventricular chamber. Color Doppler showed passive movement of aneurysm during right ventricle contraction. The third case was a large left ventricular aneurysm outpouching from a small opening of the left ventricular wall close to the apical region. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 43 :257–261, 2015