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Diagnosis, characterization and outcome of ccTGA

Pubblicato in English fetal cardiology neonatal cardiology con tag ccTGA in da (aggiornato 3939 giorni fa)

Diagnosis, characterization and outcome of congenitally
corrected transposition of the great arteries in the fetus:
a multicenter series of 30 cases
D. PALADINI*, P. VOLPE†, M. MARASINI‡, M. G. RUSSO§, M. VASSALLO*, M. GENTILE¶,and R. CALABR ` O§
*Fetal Cardiology Unit, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Federico II of Naples and §Department of Pediatric Cardiology, 2nd University of Naples, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, †Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, ‘‘Di Venere-Giovanni XXIII’’ Hospital and ¶Department of Medical Genetics, I.R.C.C.S. ‘‘Di Venere-Giovanni XXIII’’ Hospital, Bari and ‡Pediatric Cardiology,
I.R.C.C.S. Giannina Gaslini Hospital, Genoa, Italy

Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries
(ccTGA) is characterized by atrioventricular and ventriculoarterial discordance. It represents a rare cardiac
defect, accounting for 1.1% of cases of major congenital
heart disease (CHD), and has an incidence at birth of
0.02 per 1000 live births. Prenatal diagnosis of this
lesion is feasible but may be difficult to detect at routine
screening because the atrioventricular discordance may
be overlooked if other significant anomalies of the fourchamber
view are absent.

Familial Origin of Atrial Septal Aneurysm

Pubblicato in English fetal cardiology neonatal cardiology con tag Familial Origin of Atrial Septal Aneurysm in da (aggiornato 3939 giorni fa)

Familial Origin of Atrial Septal Aneurysm
Ioannis A. Paraskevaidis, MDa,b,*, Dimitrios Tsiapras, MDa, Stamatis Kyrzopoulos, MDa,
and Dimitrios T. Kremastinos, MDb


The familial origin of atrial septal defects has been previously reported.
This is the first study describing 2 families with atrial septal aneurysm of familial origin.