Case Report (n=1)
This case highlights a rare presentation of fetal aortic valve dysplasia with severe regurgitation and left ventricular impairment leading to fetal demise.
Aortic valve anomalies in fetal life usually concern aortic valve stenosis, in severe forms associated to left ventricular impairment - endocardial fibroelastosis and mitral valve insufficiency. Isolated aortic regurgitation in utero is infrequent and is usually considered to be due to a rare anomaly: aorto-left ventricular tunnel. We describe an unusual case of fetal aortic valve anomaly with severe dysplasia, with a marked regurgitant flow through the aortic valve, passing in a retrograde way from the duct, associated with a marked left ventricular endocardial fibroelastosis and dysfunction, resulting in the fatal outcome of the case.
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Fesslová et al. (2012) conducted a case report in Fetal aortic valve anomaly with severe dysplasia and regurgitation (n=1). Severe aortic valve dysplasia with regurgitation was evaluated on Clinical outcome.
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