Preferential ductus venosus streaming towards the right side of the heart may contribute to poorer outcomes in fetuses with left diaphragmatic hernia and intrathoracic liver herniation ('liver-up')

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 259-

  Kohl, T ^a   Stressig, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; NOTE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 77956167439     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7693     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

1. Mullassery D, Ba'ath ME, Jesudason EC, Losty PD. Value of liver herniation in prediction of outcome in fetal congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2010; 35: 609-614.
2. Stressig R, Fimmers R, Eising K, Gembruch U, Kohl T. Preferential streaming of the ductus venosus and inferior caval vein toward the right heart is associated with left heart hypoplasia in human fetuses with left-sided diaphragmatic hernia. Heart (in press).
3. Kohl T, Franz A, Geipel A, Berg C, Schaible T, Gembruch U, Stressig R. Abnormal ductus venosus streaming toward the right heart is associated with low pulmonary blood flow and vascular reactivity anomalies in human fetuses with left diaphragmatic hernia. Ultraschall Med 2008; 29: 87-88.
4. Kohl T, Franz A, Stressig R, Tchatcheva K, Schaible T, Geipel A, Gembruch U. Abnormal ductus venosus streaming toward the right heart may provide an anatomical and pathophysiological rationale for the prognostic differentiation between 'liver-up' and 'liver-down' - left diaphragmatic hernias in human fetuses. Ultraschall Med 2008; 29: 87.