Key result
Maternal digitalis resolves fetal hydrops and pericardial effusion caused by premature foramen ovale closure.
Population
Fetus diagnosed with intrauterine hydrops, pericardial effusion, and a thick interatrial septum without a…
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
Postnatal
Authors
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Maternal digitalis may resolve select fetal hydrops cases; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Maternal administration of digitalis successfully treated intrauterine hydrops caused by premature closure of the foramen ovale.
Pesonen et al. (1983) studied this question. Maternal digitalis administration resolved intrauterine hydrops and pericardial effusion caused by premature closure of the fetal foramen ovale.
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