Prenatal diagnosis of intra-atrial cardiac echogenic foci

Boris Petrikovsky, Victor Klein, Micaela Herrera

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Abstract

Intra-atrial echogenic foci were detected in 3 out of 15,706 fetuses (prevalence 0.019 per cent). In all cases, they were located in the right atrium. Normal chromosomes and negative TORCH titres were observed in all affected cases. Fetuses with intra-atrial echogenic foci demonstrated adequate intra-uterine growth and had normal neonatal outcome. Intra-atrial echogenic foci seem to represent a normal variant of fetal cardiac development.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)968-970
Number of pages3
JournalPrenatal Diagnosis
Volume18
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1998
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cardiac atrium
  • Echogenic focus
  • Fetal echocardiography

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