Ultrasound Pitfalls in a Complex Fetal Cardiac Malformation—Case Report of a New Arteriovenous Central Communication
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Case Presentation Section
2.1. Ultrasound Findings
- an isolated aortic arch anomaly (supposedly aneurysmal dilation from which the left common carotid artery emerges) and coarctation of the aorta with the anterograde flow;
- ventricular septal defect, coarctation of the aorta, and a vascular formation located superior from the aortic arch with the appearance of an arteriovenous fistula;
- aneurysmal dilation located above the pulmonary trunk bifurcation and a dilated left common carotid artery with a retrograde flow;
- minor ventricular septal defect with a normal ductus venosus triphasic flow.
2.2. Dissection
3. Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Bohîlțea, R.E.; Dumitru, A.; Vlădăreanu, R.; Pleș, L.; Georgescu, T.A.; Petrescu, I.-A.; Munteanu, O. Ultrasound Pitfalls in a Complex Fetal Cardiac Malformation—Case Report of a New Arteriovenous Central Communication. Diagnostics 2021, 11, 2398. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11122398
Bohîlțea RE, Dumitru A, Vlădăreanu R, Pleș L, Georgescu TA, Petrescu I-A, Munteanu O. Ultrasound Pitfalls in a Complex Fetal Cardiac Malformation—Case Report of a New Arteriovenous Central Communication. Diagnostics. 2021; 11(12):2398. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11122398
Chicago/Turabian StyleBohîlțea, Roxana Elena, Adrian Dumitru, Radu Vlădăreanu, Liana Pleș, Tiberiu Augustin Georgescu, Ioan-Andrei Petrescu, and Octavian Munteanu. 2021. "Ultrasound Pitfalls in a Complex Fetal Cardiac Malformation—Case Report of a New Arteriovenous Central Communication" Diagnostics 11, no. 12: 2398. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11122398