Echocardiographic predictors of neonatal illness severity in fetuses with critical left heart obstruction with intact or restrictive atrial septum.

Laura A GellisMonika DrogoszMinmin LuLynn A SleeperHenry ChengCatherine AllanAudrey C MarshallWayne TworetzkyKevin G Friedman

Published in: Prenatal diagnosis (2018)

In neonates with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and IAS or RAS, A:R VTI ≤ 2.7 is predictive of severe neonatal instability. This threshold can help guide resource planning, delivery management, and improve fetal intervention criteria.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
left atrial
heart failure
randomized controlled trial
left ventricular
pulmonary hypertension
mitral valve
early onset
low birth weight
case report
gestational age
catheter ablation
ejection fraction
wild type