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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-6-10
pubmed:abstractText
We reviewed fetal echocardiograms from 36 multiple gestations from 20 weeks gestation to term. Seven sets of twins plus one set of triplets were referred because of a suspect cardiac anomaly in one fetus; heart disease was confirmed in one fetus of six sets of twins and in one triplet. Six sets were referred because of extracardiac malformations and heart disease was confirmed in two sets (including both twins in one set). The remaining case was detected in a patient sent for evaluation of karyotypic abnormality. Thus 11 fetal cardiac defects were detected in ten pregnancies. Chromosomes were abnormal in three of the anomalous fetuses. Two sets discordant for heart disease were monochorionic. Intervention, including a change in the planned location of delivery, or maternal digitalization for fetal congestive failure, occurred in six. We conclude that fetal echocardiography is feasible and useful in appropriate multiple gestations. Although often ethically complex, the information gained can be applied to patient management.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0960-7692
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 1991 International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
111-4
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Fetal echocardiography in multiple gestations.
pubmed:affiliation
Yale Fetal Cardiovascular Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510-8063, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article