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Prenatal diagnosis of membranous ventricular septal aneurysms and their association with absence of atrioventricular valve ‘offsetting’
Author(s) -
Espinoza J.,
Kalache K.,
Gonçalves L. F.,
Lee W.,
Chaiworapongsa T.,
Schoen M. L.,
Devers P.,
Treadwell M.,
Mazor M.,
Romero R.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.202
H-Index - 141
eISSN - 1469-0705
pISSN - 0960-7692
DOI - 10.1002/uog.1769
Subject(s) - medicine , atrioventricular valve , atrioventricular septal defect , cardiology , fetus , aneurysm , heart septal defect , atrioventricular cushions , aortic valve , heart disease , pregnancy , surgery , biology , genetics , ventricle
Congenital aneurysm of the membranous portion of the ventricular septum in association with absence of atrioventricular valve ‘offsetting’ was diagnosed in two fetuses at 29 and 34 weeks. In the first case the fetus had a normal karyotype and no other structural heart defects, whereas in the second case there was a partial deletion of the long arm of chromosome 5 and an absent pulmonary valve syndrome. The association of absence of ‘offsetting’ with aneurysms of the membranous ventricular septum may represent spontaneous closure of ventricular septal defects initially extended to the inlet. Copyright © 2004 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.