Prenatal diagnosis of ostium secundum atrial septal defect by M-mode fetal echocardiography

Salih M., Demirel L., Kurtay G.

GYNECOLOGIC AND OBSTETRIC INVESTIGATION, vol.45, no.1, pp.68-70, 1998 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 45 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 1998
  • Doi Number: 10.1159/000009910
  • Journal Name: GYNECOLOGIC AND OBSTETRIC INVESTIGATION
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.68-70
  • Keywords: ostium secundum, atrial septal defect, M-mode echocardiography, CONGENITAL HEART-DISEASE
  • Ankara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Advances in fetal echocardiography enable the prenatal diagnosis of a vast majority of congenital heart defects. On the other hand, ostium secundum atrial septal defect is difficult to diagnose in the fetus. although a defect of minor clinical significance, this may be the only intrauterine finding of a chromosomal anomaly, We documented an abnormal oscillatory pattern of the foramen ovale flap motion by M-mode fetal echocardiography in 2 fetuses with ostium secundum atrial septal defect, This may be a more consistent finding for the prenatal diagnosis of ostium secundum atrial septal defect than the previously reported bidirectional flow across the foramen ovale on color Doppler sonography.