Maternal hyperoxygenation in late gestation promotes rapid increase of cardiac dimensions in fetuses with hypoplastic left hearts with intrinsically normal or slightly abnormal ao…
T Kohl, K Tchatcheva, R Stressig, A Geipel, S Heitzer, U Gembruch · Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound · 2008 · Heft 05
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Background & Rationale Left heart hypoplasia with good contractile function and intrinsically normal aortic and/or mitral valves makes up for a significant proportion of cardiac malformations detected in fetuses. Maternal hyperoxygenation during late gestation increases pulmonary venous return to the fetal left heart. This strategy might result in catch-up growth of hypoplastic fetal left heart structures. Patients & Methods Three late-gestation fetuses presented with varying degrees of left heart and aortic arch hypoplasia. Based on low Z-values for cardiovascular dimensions and hemodynamic findings, the need f…
