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Fetal Diagnosis of Left Ventricular Aneurysm: A Case Report

Congenital left ventricular aneurysm is a rare but potentially lethal condition. We describe a case of isolated congenital left ventricular aneurysm diagnosed at 28 weeks' gestation. In addition to standard imaging, we utilized color-coded transthoracic tissue Doppler techniques to further eval...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Giacobbe, Lauren, Williams, Preston, Ramin, Kirk, Sivanandam, Shanthi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Medical Publishers 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3653530/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23705094
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0031-1284221
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Sumario:Congenital left ventricular aneurysm is a rare but potentially lethal condition. We describe a case of isolated congenital left ventricular aneurysm diagnosed at 28 weeks' gestation. In addition to standard imaging, we utilized color-coded transthoracic tissue Doppler techniques to further evaluate the aneurysm postnatally.