Premature closure of the foramen ovale associated with aortic stenosis, left ventricular dilation with thrombus, and early mortality

T T Nowlen; N A Ayres; D L Kearney; M R Nihill; R G Grifka

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(00)00718-9

Premature closure of the foramen ovale associated with aortic stenosis, left ventricular dilation with thrombus, and early mortality

Am J Cardiol. 2000 May 1;85(9):1159-61, A9. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(00)00718-9.

Authors

T T Nowlen¹, N A Ayres, D L Kearney, M R Nihill, R G Grifka

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Dallas, TX 77030, USA.

PMID: 10781774
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(00)00718-9

Abstract

Premature foramen ovale (FO) closure has been postulated as a cause of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. We suggest that premature FO closure is also associated with left ventricular (LV) dilation and LV thrombus formation, and that FO closure in patients with aortic stenosis and LV dilation is a secondary event that occurs later in gestation than that seen with the hypoplastic left heart.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aortic Valve Stenosis / physiopathology*
Coronary Thrombosis / physiopathology*
Dilatation, Pathologic
Fetal Death*
Heart Septum / physiopathology*
Heart Ventricles / pathology*
Humans
Male