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Closure of the ventricular component of an atrioventricular septal defect during fetal life

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Gurleen Kaur Sharland  and
Shakeel Ahmed Qureshi
Gurleen Kaur Sharland
Affiliation:
From the Departments of Fetal and Paediatric Cardiology, Guy's and St Thomas' Trust Hospital, London
Shakeel Ahmed Qureshi*
Affiliation:
From the Departments of Fetal and Paediatric Cardiology, Guy's and St Thomas' Trust Hospital, London
*
Dr. G. Sharland, Fetal Cardiology, 15th Floor Guy's Tower, Guy's Hospital, St. Thomas Street, London SE1 9RT, United Kingdom. Tel. 071 407-3351; Fax. 071 955-2637.
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Summary

A case of a complete atrioventricular septal defect was detected in a 20-week gestation fetus, in whom the ventricular component of the defect was subsequently noted to close spontaneously with advancing gestational age. The antenatal and postnatal findings are discussed.

Keywords

Fetal echocardiographyatrioventricular septal defect
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , July 1995 , pp. 272 - 274
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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