Abstract

PRADES HUNG, Eliecer; TAMAYO HEAL, Sucel; SANTIAGO CASTELLANOS, Raúl  and  HERNANDEZ BEGUE, Norka Ivis. Prenatal ultrasound diagnosis of endocardial fibroelastosis. MEDISAN [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.9, pp. 6003-6008. ISSN 1029-3019.

The case report of a 39-year-old pregnant woman is presented, who was admitted at 22 weeks of pregnancy to "Tamara Bunke Bider" Teaching Gynecoobstetric Hospital of Santiago de Cuba, after being referred from the Provincial Center of Genetics due to prenatal ultrasound diagnosis of endocardial fibroelastosis, confirmed at the Heart Center of this province. After abortion, suggested at the Department of Genetics, autopsy was performed and the fetal left ventricle tissue study confirmed cardiomyopathy.

Keywords : endocardial fibroelastosis; pregnancy; prenatal ultrasound diagnosis; fetal diseases; congenital heart diseases..

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