Prenatal Diagnosis and Successful Palliation of Absent Aortic Valve with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Prenatal Diagnosis and Successful Palliation of Absent Aortic Valve with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Abstract Introduction Congenital absence of the aortic valve leaflets is a rare association with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). Case A 37-year-old pregnant woman was referred for fetal evaluation of possible HLHS at 22 weeks of gestation. The fetal echocardiogram (...

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Main Authors: Amna Qasim, Chelsea B. Johnson, Muhammad A. Aly, Ashraf M. Aly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2019-04-01
Series:American Journal of Perinatology Reports
Subjects:
fetal echocardiography (echo)
absent aortic valve
hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0038-1677480

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