Fetal atrial arrhythmias associated with redundancy/aneurysm of the foramen ovale

✍ Scribed by Patricia A Stewart; Juriy W Wladimiroff

• Book ID: 102888923
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 857 KB
• Volume: 16
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0091-2751
• DOI: 10.1002/jcu.1870160905

✦ Synopsis

Fetal arrhythmia was investigated in 148 fetuses. Eight of these fetuses displayed signs of redundancy/aneurysm of the foramen ovale, all in combination with various atrial arrhythmias. At presentation 4 (50%) of these fetuses had mild to moderate congestive cardiac failure and a 5th fetus developed mild cardiac failure four weeks after observation of the aneurysm. All fetuses survived, but 2 fetuses required early delivery because of the cardiac failure. Unnecessary morbidity resulting from the possible development of cardiac failure may be prevented by regular monitoring in these cases.