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Prenatal diagnosis of isomerism of the right atrial appendages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Giuseppe Rossi ,
Antonio Corno  and
Giuseppe Montemurro
Giuseppe Rossi*
Affiliation:
Hospital “F. del Ponte”, Cardiology, Varese
Antonio Corno
Affiliation:
Hospital “S. Donato”, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Milano
Giuseppe Montemurro
Affiliation:
Hospital “F. del Ponte”, Cardiology, Varese
*
Dr. Giluseppe Rossi, Cardiologia, Ospedale F. del Ponte, Via F. del Ponte 21100 Varese (VA), Italy. Tel 0332-285300 ext.234.
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Abstract

A complex malformation of the heart was diagnosed by fetal echocardiography at 27 weeks of gestation. The study of the relationship of the abdominal great vessels, showing the inferior caval vein anterior and to the left of the aorta, made possible the diagnosis of right isomerism. This inferential guide to the arrangement of the thoraco abdominal organs proves to be as valid in the fetus as it is in the neonate and child. The examination of the abdominal great vessels as part of the fetal scan is of great value, enabling us to counsel mothers appropriately in the light of the poor prognosis of neonates with isomerism of atrial appendages and complex intracardiac lesions.

Keywords

Right atrial isomerismprenatal diagnosisfetal echocardiography
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , July 1992 , pp. 298 - 301
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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