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Superior caval vein partially overriding the interatrial septum-A fetal echocardiographic sign of superior sinus venosus defect. Reporting its rare association with coarctation of aorta in a fetus and its outcome.

Balaganesh Karmegaraj
Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2023)
Prenatal diagnosis of superior sinus venosus defect has never been reported in the literature. I describe here an echocardiographic sign which is helpful in diagnosing this defect in a 35 + 2 weeks fetus and its rare association with coarctation of aorta.
Keyphrases
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • pulmonary artery
  • left ventricular
  • aortic valve
  • mitral valve
  • systematic review
  • left atrial
  • ejection fraction
  • adverse drug
  • arterial hypertension
  • pulmonary embolism
  • gestational age