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IN UTERO CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE DUE TO MATERNAL INDOMETHACIN TREATMENT FOR POLYHYDRAMNIOS AND PREMATURE LABOUR IN A FETUS WITH ANTENATAL CLOSURE OF THE FORAMEN OVALE

✍ Scribed by REUWEN ACHIRON; SHLOMO LIPITZ; DEBORA KIDRON; MICHAEL BERANT; JULIUS HEGESH; ZEEV ROTSTEIN

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Weight: 946 KB
Volume: 16
Category: Article
ISSN: 0197-3851
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0223(199607)16:7<652::aid-pd917>3.0.co;2-h

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✦ Synopsis

A case of severe fetal congestive heart failure due to occlusion of the ductus arteriosus in a mother treated with indomethacin for polyhydramnios and premature contractions is described. Closure of the fetal foramen ovale that escaped detection by prenatal echocardiography was later demonstrated at neonatal autopsy. This case suggests that indomethacin treatment in a ductus-dependent fetus may be hazardous. Therefore, careful surveillance of the fetus exposed to indomethacin in utero is warranted.