Abstract

MARTIN MARTINEZ, Yaquelines; HERNANDEZ VIEL, Valia; GARCIA AMELO, Inés María  and  MIRANDA MUSTELIER, Nayrobis. Left heart hypoplasia in a fetus . MEDISAN [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.3, pp.544-549. ISSN 1029-3019.

The case of a 30 year-old pregnant woman with history of first prenatal visit at 20 weeks of pregnancy is reported, reason why alpha fetoprotein test and ultrasound of the first trimester were not made. Subsequently, ultrasound scan of the second trimester was performed at "Alberto Fernández Montes de Oca" General Hospital of San Luis municipality in Santiago de Cuba, and a bichorionic biamniotic twin pregnancy and the presence of an anomaly in one fetus were found: hypoplasia of the left heart, diagnosis of which was confirmed through a fetal ultrasound at the Heart Center of this province.

Keywords : left heart hypoplasia; fetus; twin pregnancy; bichorionic-biamniotic twin pregnancy; diagnostic ultrasound; secondary health care.