Open AccessPrenatally diagnosed foramen ovale restriction in fetuses with hypoplastic left heart syndrome may be a predictor of longer hospitalization, but not of a need for an urgent rashkind procedure
Author(s) -
Łukasz Sokołowski,
Maria RespondekLiberska,
Marek Pietryga,
Maciej Słodki
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
ginekologia polska
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.4
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2543-6767
pISSN - 0017-0011
DOI - 10.5603/gp.2019.0005
Subject(s) - medicine , hypoplastic left heart syndrome , foramen ovale (heart) , patent foramen ovale , fetus , cardiology , heart defect , surgery , pediatrics , heart disease , pregnancy , migraine , biology , genetics
This prospective study aimed to assess the effectiveness of foramen ovale examination in classifying prenatal hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) in accordance with the new classification groupings for congenital heart defects.