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Double-outlet right ventricle with intact ventricular septum in a foetus with trisomy-18

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Chandrakant R. Patel ,
Kevin L. Muise  and
Raymond W Redline
Chandrakant R. Patel*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Pathology, Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
Kevin L. Muise
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Pathology, Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
Raymond W Redline
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Pathology, Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
*
Chandrakant R. Patel, MBBS, Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA. Tel: (216) 844 3275; Fax: (216) 844 5478
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Abstract

A rare case of double-outlet right ventricle with intact ventricular septum diagnosed by foetal echocardiography at 21 weeks of gestation is described. Amniocentesis revealed trisomy–18. The cardiac diagnosis was confirmed at autopsy.

Keywords

Double-outlet right ventricleintact ventricular septumfoetal echocardiography
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , July 1999 , pp. 419 - 422
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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