Prenatal ultrasound diagnosis and management of fetal aortopulmonary septal defects: a case series.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To investigate the prenatal ultrasound diagnosis and management of patients with aortopulmonary septal defects (APSDs).

Methods

A total of 8 fetuses with APSDs who underwent fetal echocardiography at our hospital from January 2015 to January 2019 were retrospectively included in this study.

Results

Among the 8 fetuses, there were 4 cases of type I APSD, 3 cases were type II, and 1 case was type III. Among the 8 cases, there were 2 cases of simple APSD. There were echocardiographic characteristics that were common to all 3 types of APSD. This included defects between the ascending aorta and the trunk of the pulmonary artery in the short-axis section of the aorta, and in the three vessels and the three-vessel trachea section. Furthermore, the "V"-shaped struc

SUBMITTER: Yu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8649606 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature