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Foetal dilated cardiomyopathy with left ventricular thrombosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2015

Marcia F. A. Barberato  and
Silvio H. Barberato
Marcia F. A. Barberato
Affiliation:
Cardioeco – Centro de Diagnóstico Cardiovascular, Echocardiography Department, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Silvio H. Barberato*
Affiliation:
Cardioeco – Centro de Diagnóstico Cardiovascular, Echocardiography Department, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
*
Correspondence to: Dr S. H. Barberato, MD, PhD, Avenida República Argentina, 452, cj. 705-706, CEP 80240-210, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Tel/fax: 55 41 30762553; E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Serial foetal echocardiography showed the development of severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction and thrombosis in a previously healthy foetus. Normal cardiac findings in a mid-trimester foetus do not exclude subsequent dilated cardiomyopathy.

Keywords

Foetal echocardiographyleft ventricular thrombidilated cardiomyopathy
Type
Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 25 , Issue 6 , August 2015 , pp. 1191 - 1192
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© Cambridge University Press 2015 

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