Ectopia cordis: prenatal diagnosis, perinatal outcomes, and postnatal follow-up of an international multicenter cohort case series.
Antonio Fernandes MoronLuiza Graça CoutinhoNathalie Jeanne Bravo-ValenzuelaPatrícia AquinoLuciane Alves da RochaGiuseppe RizzoGabriele TonniMaria Respondek-LiberskaMaciej SlodkiAline WolterRoland Axt-FliednerPublished in: The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians (2023)
Ectopia cordis is associated with high mortality rates and intracardiac/extra-cardiac defects. Ventricular septal defects and conotruncal anomalies were the more common intracardiac defects associated with EC. However, in this cohort of fetuses with EC the incidence of PC was lower than reported in the literature.