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Right ventricular failure with high echoic ventricular wall change after foetoscopic laser photocoagulation: a case report of a donor in twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2014

Eri Mineo ,
Takashi Honda  and
Masahiro Ishii
Eri Mineo
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
Takashi Honda*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
Masahiro Ishii
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
*
Correspondence to: T. Honda, Department of Pediatrics, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0329, Japan. Tel: +81 42 778 8829; Fax: +81 42 778 8441; E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The introduction of foetoscopic laser photocoagulation has dramatically improved the prognosis of patients with severe twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. We present the case of a donor who exhibited right-heart failure with a high echoic wall change of the right ventricle after the foetoscopic laser photocoagulation procedure. The prenatal and 1-year postnatal follow-up revealed the gradual recovery of the right ventricular function.

Keywords

Twin-to-twin transfusion syndromefoetoscopic laser photocoagulationdonorright ventricular failure
Type
Brief Reports
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , January 2016 , pp. 155 - 157
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© Cambridge University Press 2014 

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