Diagnóstico prenatal de un caso de malformación cardíaca: ventrículo único asociado a transposición de grandes vasos e hipoplasia del arco aórtico / Prenatal diagnosis of a cardiac malformation case: Unique ventricle with transposition of the great vessels and hypoplasy of the aortic arch

ABSTRACT

The prevalence of unique ventricle is 1% of cardiac abnormalities. Modern high-resolution ultrasound scanners facilitate examination of cardiac anomalies, allowing earlier diagnosis. That has clinical importance as the prognosis of congenital cardiac abnormalities of the earlier surgery after birth. We report a case as an intrauterine congenital unique left ventricle with transposition of the great vessels in a female fetus at 20 weeks of gestation. Six days later of birth the newborn was operated and 2 months later his evolution in favourable (AU)