October 1, 1985Circulation
Fetal atrioventricular valve insufficiency associated with nonimmune hydrops: a two-dimensional echocardiographic and pulsed Doppler ultrasound study.
Population
466 fetuses who underwent cardiac ultrasound examination with follow-up of their natural history.
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
through pregnancy and early neonatal/postnatal period
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
High mortality warrants guarded fetal counseling; leaves open whether interventions improve survival in this observational cohort.
Structured PICO
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Population
466 fetuses who underwent cardiac ultrasound examination (cross-sectional and M mode echocardiography and pulsed Doppler ultrasound) with follow-up of their natural history.
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Outcome
Survival or death (in utero or during the early postnatal period)hard clinical
The syndrome of fetal atrioventricular valve insufficiency, nonimmune hydrops, and structural heart disease carries a very poor prognosis, typically resulting in death.
Cite This Study
Silverman et al. (1985) studied this question.