Abstract
A woman, having already delivered one child, underwent fetal echocardiography during three subsequent pregnancies. All three showed enlargement and poor function of the right-sided chambers. The first was still-born, the second died as a neonate, while the third pregnancy was terminated. Pathological examination revealed the same findings in each fetus, possibly representing a variation of Uhl's anomaly, or alternatively a hitherto unrecognised cardiomyopathic process.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Cardiomegaly / diagnostic imaging
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Cardiomegaly / genetics
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Dilatation, Pathologic / diagnostic imaging
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Female
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Fetal Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
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Fetal Diseases / genetics
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Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
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Heart Atria / pathology*
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Humans
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Male
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Pregnancy
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Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging*
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Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / genetics
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Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging*
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Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / genetics
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Ultrasonography, Prenatal*