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January 25, 2001The Turkish Journal of PediatricsOpen Access

Antenatal diagnosis of postductal coarctation of the aorta: a case report

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Population

A 23-year-old pregnant woman at 21 weeks' gestation carrying a fetus with nonimmune hydrops fetalis.

Design

Case_report

Authors

FÖFunda ÖztunçIstanbul University-CerrahpaşaEAEroğlu AgFAFatih AksoySuleyman Demirel University Research and Education Hospital

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Implication

Supports Doppler use in fetal coarctation diagnosis; leaves open prospective validation before clinical adoption.

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Population
A 23-year-old pregnant woman (gravida 4, para 1) at 21 weeks' gestation carrying a fetus with nonimmune hydrops fetalis.
I
Intervention
Fetal echocardiography including color flow imaging and continuous wave Doppler
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Outcome
Antenatal diagnosis of postductal coarctation of the aorta

Color and continuous wave Doppler echocardiography are useful adjuncts for the antenatal diagnosis and pressure gradient estimation of aortic coarctation.

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Öztunç et al. (2001) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7204aaa2d7cf2e39c2e2dfhttps://doi.org/10.24953/turkjpediatr.2001.3020
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