Andreas Tulzer, Iris Scharnreitner, Eva Sames-Dolzer, Michaela Kreuzer, Rudolf Mair, Gerald Tulzer
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Abstract
Introduction: Fetuses with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) and intact atrial septum (IAS) have an overall poor prognosis and a high risk of neonatal death due to severe secondary lung damage. Intrauterine stenting of the atrial septum was introduced in these patients to enable survival.
Case presentation: We present a case of a HLHS fetus with intact atrial septum and signs of incipient nutmeg lung , in whom at 30 weeks gestation an atrial stent was successfully placed but continuously developed subtotal stent- obstruction over the next weeks.
Conclusion: Continuous obstruction of placed atrial septum stents until delivery is possible and requires close monitoring of successfully treated fetuses.
期刊介绍:
The first journal to focus on the fetus as a patient, ''Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy'' provides a wide range of biomedical specialists with a single source of reports encompassing the common discipline of fetal medicine.