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February 1, 1995Prenatal Diagnosis

Echocardiographic diagnosis of fetal marfan syndrome at 34 weeks' gestation

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Population

1 fetus at 34 weeks' gestation in a normal primigravida, presenting with severe cardiac manifestations of…

Design

Case_report

Follow-up

Up to 2 months of age

Authors

LLLílian Maria LopesPolytechnic Institute of Viana do CasteloSCSang ChoonFetal Medicine FoundationEMEdécio Armbruster de Moraes

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Implication

May support prenatal detection in familial Marfan syndrome; leaves open impact on neonatal survival.

Structured PICO

P
Population
1 fetus at 34 weeks' gestation in a normal primigravida, presenting with severe cardiac manifestations of Marfan syndrome
I
Intervention
Fetal echocardiography
O
Outcome
Diagnosis of fetal Marfan syndrome

Fetal echocardiography can detect severe cardiac manifestations of Marfan syndrome during the third trimester.

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Lopes et al. (1995) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a22812db04f494b2753ff74https://doi.org/10.1002/pd.1970150213

Topics

Echocardiography
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