In utero fetal left ventricular rupture and pseudoaneurysm formation: a case report.
Sarah HelandSarah HopeAndrew EdwardsRebecca ChalmersAlice StewartAnnie KroushevBennett SheridanStuart HooperKirsten Rebecca PalmerPublished in: BMC pregnancy and childbirth (2021)
For similar cases we recommend consideration of birth by caesarean section, delayed cord clamping and a prostaglandin E1 infusion, to reduce the systemic pressures on the left ventricle during transition from fetal to neonatal circulations, until definitive surgical repair. In this case, this resulted in a successful outcome.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- mitral valve
- heart failure
- low dose
- pulmonary artery
- pulmonary hypertension
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- gestational age
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- squamous cell carcinoma
- coronary artery
- left atrial
- pregnant women
- atrial fibrillation
- coronary artery disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- pregnancy outcomes