A rare prenatal diagnosis: congenital absence of aortic valve

Cardiol Young. 2022 Dec;32(12):2018-2020. doi: 10.1017/S1047951122000919. Epub 2022 Mar 24.

Abstract

Congenital absence of the aortic valve is characterised by the absence of aortic valve and severe regurgitation. The rest of the reported cases were mostly diagnosed either on postnatal echocardiography or autopsy. Here, we present a foetal case with the absence of the aortic valve and "inverse circulatory shunt".

Keywords: Aortic valve absence; congenital heart defect; foetal echocardiography; inverse circulatory shunt; prenatal diagnosis.

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Valve Insufficiency* / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Valve Insufficiency* / surgery
  • Aortic Valve* / abnormalities
  • Aortic Valve* / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Valve* / surgery
  • Echocardiography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pregnancy