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Echocardiographic observation and clinical significance of echogenic intracardiac foci

23rd World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
P03.14 Echocardiographic observation and clinical significance
of echogenic intracardiac foci in 310 fetuses
Y. He, Y. Guo, Y. Zhang, J. Han, Z. Li
Beijing Anzhen Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing,
China
Objectives:
To assess the clinical meaning of echogenic intracardiac
focus in fetuses by echocardiography.


Golf Balls fetali : Cosa sono ?

ECOCARDIOGRAFIA FETALE
“GOLF BALL” cosa sono ?

a cura di S. Gerboni

Negli anni 80,da Allan nel 1986 e Schech et all. nel 1987, è stata descritta durante l’ecocardiografia fetale,la presenza di un focolaio
ecogeno o iperecogeno del muscolo papillare del ventricolo sinistro nel cuore fetale, col termine di “golf ball” (GB) o palla da golf.


[Echogenic intracardiac structures (golf ball phenomenon)

Ultraschall Med. 1999 Feb;20(1):19-21. (German)

[Echogenic intracardiac structures (golf ball phenomenon) as predictors of chromosome anomalies]

Bettelheim D, Ulm MR, Deutinger J, Bernaschek G.

Universitatsklinik fur Frauenheilkunde, Abteilung fur Pranatale Diagnostik und Therapie, Wien.