Aortopulmonary septal defect with interrupted aortic arch in a monochorionic diamniotic twin pregnancy.

Autor: Corbacioglu Esmer A; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Capa, Istanbul, Turkey. aytulcorbacioglu@gmail.com., Gul A; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Istanbul Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Research and Teaching Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey., Dagdeviren H; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Istanbul Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Research and Teaching Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey., Turan Bakirci I; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Istanbul Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Research and Teaching Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of medical ultrasonics (2001) [J Med Ultrason (2001)] 2012 Oct; Vol. 39 (4), pp. 275-8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 May 03.
DOI: 10.1007/s10396-012-0367-6
Abstrakt: We report a monochorionic diamniotic twin pregnancy with prenatal diagnosis of aortopulmonary septal defect combined with type B interrupted aortic arch in one of the fetuses. The mother was referred for fetal echocardiography at 24 weeks' gestation due to suspected congenital heart disease. Prenatal echocardiography revealed a defect of 2.8 mm between the main pulmonary artery and the ascending aorta. The course of the ascending aorta was straight to the neck and head, and there was no continuity of the aortic arch after the origin of innominate and left common carotid arteries. Thus, aortopulmonary septal defect with type B interrupted aortic arch was suspected. Postnatal echocardiography confirmed the diagnosis, and surgical repair was performed on the 10th day after birth. The combination of aortopulmonary septal defect with type B interrupted aortic arch is a very rare condition that can be diagnosed by fetal echocardiographic examination in the second trimester of gestation. Prenatal diagnosis is important for the prognosis, since early surgical intervention is needed to prevent development of severe heart failure in the neonate.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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