[Prenatal diagnosis of truncus arteriosus communis (type I) in diabetic pregnancy]

Zentralbl Gynakol. 1992;114(4):198-200.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Recently Ferencz et al. [6] using the datas of the Baltimore-Washington Infant Study found a predominance of double outlet righ ventricle and truncus arteriosus communis among the congenital heart diseases of newborns of diabetic mothers. This paper reports about the prenatal diagnosis of a truncus arteriosus communis Type I in a 23 year old pregnant with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (White B). The diagnosis was performed in the 25th week using Real-Time- and Color-Doppler-sonography. The important features in the prenatal differentialdiagnosis from a tetralogy of Fallot are explained. The optimal management of pregnancy, the delivery at a perinatal center with subsequent operative correcture could improve the prognosis of the newborn.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / diagnostic imaging*
  • Echocardiography*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hemodynamics / physiology
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy in Diabetics / diagnostic imaging*
  • Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent / diagnostic imaging*
  • Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent / surgery
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal*