Endocardial fibroelastosis

Alberto Sosa Olavarría, MD, PhD

Perinatology Unit, Carabobo University, Valencia--Venezuela

This a 32-week fetus with decreased/absent flow in the left ventricle and thick endocardial lining from fibroelastosis. The baby survived and is treated with digitalis and diuretics.

These are prenatal images....

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and these are postnatal (note the mitral reflux):

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