ArticlePrenatal diagnosis2015
Electrophysiologic features of fetal ventricular aneurysms and diverticula.
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- Ambulatory Fetal Heart Rate and Rhythm Monitoring for Pregnancies at Risk for Fetal Arrhythmias: Perspectives from the Fetal Heart Society.Pediatric cardiology · 2026Review
- OPM-based fetal magnetocardiography: fetal cardiac time intervals in healthy pregnancies compared to postnatal ECGs.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2026Article
- [Tratamiento endovascular exitoso de aneurisma del ventrículo izquierdo en un paciente pediátrico].Archivos de cardiologia de Mexico · 2024Article
- Prenatal Diagnosis of Right-Sided Congenital Ventricular Diverticulum (CVD) Assisted by Spatiotemporal Image Correlation (STIC) Acquisition and the Speckle-Tracking Technique to Assess Fetal Cardiac Function: A Case Report.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Contribution of Fetal Magnetocardiography to Diagnosis, Risk Assessment, and Treatment of Fetal Arrhythmia.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2022Review
- A Fetal Presentation of a Ruptured Right Ventricular Diverticulum.Pediatric cardiology · 2021Article
- Prenatally Diagnosed Congenital Ventricular Outpouchings: An Institutional Experience and Review of the Literature.Pediatric cardiology · 2020Review
- A Large Isolated Congenital Left Circumflex Artery-to-Right Atrial Fistula in a 9-Year-Old Child.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2020Article
- Prenatally Diagnosed Isolated Coronary Arterial Fistula Leading to Severe Complications at Birth.Case reports in cardiology · 2018Article
- Congenital left ventricular aneurysms and diverticula: an entity in search of an identity.Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC · 2017Review
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- Fetal Right Ventricular Diverticulum Detected by Prenatal Ultrasound Screening.Case reports in obstetrics and gynecology · 2016Article
- Diagnosis and treatment of fetal arrhythmia.American journal of perinatology · 2014Review
- The natural history of fetal long QT syndrome.Journal of electrocardiologyArticle
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Abstract
objectiveCongenital ventricular wall defects are very rare and include congenital ventricular aneurysms (CVAs) and diverticula (CVDs).
methodWe report a series of five fetuses: three with CVAs and two with CVDs referred due to fetal arrhythmia. In addition to routine fetal echocardiography, fetal magnetocardiography (fMCG) was used. The literature in CVA and CVD is reviewed.
resultsIncessant premature ventricular contractions (PVC), mainly bigeminy and trigeminy were found in three fetuses with CVAs and in one with CVD, who also had ventricular couplets. The other fetus with CVD, referred because of PVCs, had only sinus tachycardia. ST elevation was noted in two. Fetal movement had a variable impact on PVCs. Postnatal evaluation demonstrated two persistent left ventricular aneurysms and one persistent right CVD; one CVD resolved at 35-week gestation. Two neonates had incessant PVCs. Both arrhythmias resolved spontaneously while being treated with propranolol.
conclusionFMCG is complementary to echocardiographic imaging. In fetuses with left ventricular wall defects, additional electrophysiological diagnosis can be made by fMCG, including the complexity of ventricular ectopy, arrhythmic response to fetal movement, presence of ST-T wave abnormalities, and atrial amplitude increases. Prenatal risk factor assessment using fMCG can additionally support post-natal treatment and follow-up.
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