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Pulmonary Hypoplasia Associated with Congenital Heart Diseases: A Fetal Study
BACKGROUND: Abnormalities of the fetal pulmonary vasculature may affect lung morphogenesis. Postnatal studies have suggested that pulmonary hypoplasia (PH) may be associated with congenital heart diseases (CHDs). OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of PH associated with CHDs, and to evaluate whet...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3974773/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24699523 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093557 |
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author | Ruchonnet-Metrailler, Isabelle Bessieres, Bettina Bonnet, Damien Vibhushan, Shamila Delacourt, Christophe |
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description | BACKGROUND: Abnormalities of the fetal pulmonary vasculature may affect lung morphogenesis. Postnatal studies have suggested that pulmonary hypoplasia (PH) may be associated with congenital heart diseases (CHDs). OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of PH associated with CHDs, and to evaluate whether CHDs with right outflow obstruction were associated with the highest risk of lung growth impairment. METHODS: Between January 2006 and December 2010, fetuses with CHD obtained following the termination of pregnancies due to fetal abnormalities were examined in a prospective manner for the detection of heart and lung defects. CHDs were classified into five pathophysiological groups. Lung weight (LW), body weight (BW), and LW/BW ratio were analyzed for each case. The expression of CD31 and VEGF in the lung was evaluated by immunohistochemistry. RESULTS: Fetuses with CHDs and right outflow obstruction had significantly lower LW for a given BW, and significantly lower LW/BW ratios for a given gestational age. When defining PH as a fetal LW/BW ratio <0.015 before 28 weeks, and <0.012 after 28 weeks, PH was detected in 15 of the 119 fetuses analyzed (13%). It was significantly associated with CHD with right outflow obstruction, independently of chromosomal abnormalities and associated extracardiac abnormalities (p<0.03). Right outflow obstruction was detected in 60% of the fetuses with CHD and PH, but in only 32% of those with CHD but no PH. In fetuses with right outflow obstruction, no difference was observed between those with PH and those without PH, in terms of the ratio of pulmonary artery diameter to aortic diameter, lung CD31 expression, or lung VEGF expression. CONCLUSION: CHDs with right outflow obstruction are a significant risk factor for prenatally acquired PH. The occurrence of fetal PH is not correlated with abnormalities of the pulmonary vasculature, suggesting the involvement of perfusion-independent mechanisms. |
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spelling | pubmed-39747732014-04-08 Pulmonary Hypoplasia Associated with Congenital Heart Diseases: A Fetal Study Ruchonnet-Metrailler, Isabelle Bessieres, Bettina Bonnet, Damien Vibhushan, Shamila Delacourt, Christophe PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: Abnormalities of the fetal pulmonary vasculature may affect lung morphogenesis. Postnatal studies have suggested that pulmonary hypoplasia (PH) may be associated with congenital heart diseases (CHDs). OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of PH associated with CHDs, and to evaluate whether CHDs with right outflow obstruction were associated with the highest risk of lung growth impairment. METHODS: Between January 2006 and December 2010, fetuses with CHD obtained following the termination of pregnancies due to fetal abnormalities were examined in a prospective manner for the detection of heart and lung defects. CHDs were classified into five pathophysiological groups. Lung weight (LW), body weight (BW), and LW/BW ratio were analyzed for each case. The expression of CD31 and VEGF in the lung was evaluated by immunohistochemistry. RESULTS: Fetuses with CHDs and right outflow obstruction had significantly lower LW for a given BW, and significantly lower LW/BW ratios for a given gestational age. When defining PH as a fetal LW/BW ratio <0.015 before 28 weeks, and <0.012 after 28 weeks, PH was detected in 15 of the 119 fetuses analyzed (13%). It was significantly associated with CHD with right outflow obstruction, independently of chromosomal abnormalities and associated extracardiac abnormalities (p<0.03). Right outflow obstruction was detected in 60% of the fetuses with CHD and PH, but in only 32% of those with CHD but no PH. In fetuses with right outflow obstruction, no difference was observed between those with PH and those without PH, in terms of the ratio of pulmonary artery diameter to aortic diameter, lung CD31 expression, or lung VEGF expression. CONCLUSION: CHDs with right outflow obstruction are a significant risk factor for prenatally acquired PH. The occurrence of fetal PH is not correlated with abnormalities of the pulmonary vasculature, suggesting the involvement of perfusion-independent mechanisms. Public Library of Science 2014-04-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3974773/ /pubmed/24699523 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093557 Text en © 2014 Ruchonnet-Metrailler et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Ruchonnet-Metrailler, Isabelle Bessieres, Bettina Bonnet, Damien Vibhushan, Shamila Delacourt, Christophe Pulmonary Hypoplasia Associated with Congenital Heart Diseases: A Fetal Study |
title | Pulmonary Hypoplasia Associated with Congenital Heart Diseases: A Fetal Study |
title_full | Pulmonary Hypoplasia Associated with Congenital Heart Diseases: A Fetal Study |
title_fullStr | Pulmonary Hypoplasia Associated with Congenital Heart Diseases: A Fetal Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Pulmonary Hypoplasia Associated with Congenital Heart Diseases: A Fetal Study |
title_short | Pulmonary Hypoplasia Associated with Congenital Heart Diseases: A Fetal Study |
title_sort | pulmonary hypoplasia associated with congenital heart diseases: a fetal study |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3974773/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24699523 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093557 |
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