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Prenatal diagnosis and antenatal history of persistent truncus arteriosus: A case report

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We report the prenatal diagnosis and the natural history of a fetus with truncus arteriosus. A 31-year-old woman, gravida 3, was referred for detailed examination for suspected cardiac anomaly during her 33rd week of gestation. Fetal echocardiography demonstrated a large truncal vessel overriding a ventricular septal defect, a right-side aortic arch, and a dilated ascending aortic arch. Pulsed-wave and color-flow Doppler imaging showed truncal valvular stenosis without insufficiency. No sign of congestive heart failure was detected during the prenatal period. A fetus weighing 2860 grams was delivered during the 38th week of gestation. Cyanosis was noted the day after delivery, however, and a Rastelli procedure was carried out 9 days after delivery. The baby died 7 days after the operation.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Chin-Yuan Hsu

  2. Department of Perinatology, National Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1 Fujishirodai, Suita, 565-8565, Osaka, Japan

    Chin-Yuan Hsu, On Fukui, Yoshihito Sasaki, Susumu Miyashita & Yoshihide Chiba

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Hsu, CY., Fukui, O., Sasaki, Y. et al. Prenatal diagnosis and antenatal history of persistent truncus arteriosus: A case report. J Med Ultrasonics 29, 113–117 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02481233

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