TY - JOUR
T1 - Holmes Heart-A simple antenatal diagnosis of a complex cardiac anomaly? Fetal echocardiographic findings and review
AU - Weichert, Jan
AU - Axt-Fliedner, Roland
AU - Gembruch, Ulrich
AU - Hartge, David R.
PY - 2013/11/1
Y1 - 2013/11/1
N2 - Double inlet left ventricle as a rare cardiac malformation comprises a broad spectrum of anatomic variants making its correct antenatal diagnosis challenging. We report on echocardiographic findings of three fetuses found to have a less frequent morphologic subgroup of double inlet left ventricle, namely Holmes heart, characterized by a single (left) ventricle connected to both atrioventricular orifices and normally related arteries. We addressed the pre- and perinatal management as well as additional abnormalities and discussed our experiences together with what is known from current literature.
AB - Double inlet left ventricle as a rare cardiac malformation comprises a broad spectrum of anatomic variants making its correct antenatal diagnosis challenging. We report on echocardiographic findings of three fetuses found to have a less frequent morphologic subgroup of double inlet left ventricle, namely Holmes heart, characterized by a single (left) ventricle connected to both atrioventricular orifices and normally related arteries. We addressed the pre- and perinatal management as well as additional abnormalities and discussed our experiences together with what is known from current literature.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84889581964&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2011.00621.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2011.00621.x
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 22309041
AN - SCOPUS:84889581964
SN - 1747-079X
VL - 8
SP - 579
EP - 584
JO - Congenital Heart Disease
JF - Congenital Heart Disease
IS - 6
ER -