New method to predict need for Rashkind procedure in fetuses with dextro-transposition of the great arteries.

M SłodkiR Axt-FliednerKatarzyna Zych-KrekoraA WolterA KaweckiC EnzensbergerE GulczyńskaM Respondek-Liberskanull null

Published in: Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (2018)

In fetuses with d-TGA, prenatal sonographic findings of increased pulmonary venous blood flow and flattened FO valve were associated with the need for a Rashkind procedure within the first 24 h postnatally; these echocardiographic features could be used to predict prenatally a need for the procedure following delivery. Copyright © 2017 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Keyphrases

blood flow
minimally invasive
pulmonary hypertension
mitral valve
gestational age
pregnant women
aortic valve
left ventricular
aortic stenosis