Echocardiographic features and outcome of restrictive foramen ovale in fetuses with and without cardiac malformations: Literature review

Autor: Flaminia Vena, Martina Bartolone, Elena D'Alberti, Adele Vasta, Alessandra Mazza, Valentina D'Ambrosio, Daniele Di Mascio, Blerta Sulce, Cristina Pajno, Roberto Brunelli, Antonio Pizzuti, Antonella Giancotti
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of Clinical Ultrasound. 51:240-248
ISSN: 1097-0096
0091-2751
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.23304
Popis: Foramen ovale is a small communication between the left and the right atrium and its restriction is a rare congenital heart anomaly. There is no consensus on diagnosis and management of fetal restrictive foramen ovale (RFO). In our paper we included 11 studies about fetuses affected by isolated RFO, RFO with D-Transposition of the Great Arteries (dTGA) and RFO with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). While fetuses affected from HLHS and dTGA with RFO have a poor prognosis, premature RFO in an otherwise structurally normal heart, if found in later gestation, have an overall good outcome.
Databáze: OpenAIRE