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- Title
Diagnóstico Prenatal de Fibroelastosis Endocardica.
- Authors
Maita Quispe, Freddy; Vidal Quintanilla, Nicole
- Abstract
Endocardial fibroelastosis is a congenital heart disease characterized by diffuse thickening of the endocardium, this conditions a dilated cardiomyopathy in most cases or less frequent restrictive cardiomyopathy. It can be a primary pathology or secondary to other cardiac malformations, especially a stenosis or atresia of the aorta. The global incidence at birth is estimated to be 1 in 5 000 and 4 in 100 congenital heart disease. The clinical case of a 37-year-old pregnant woman is presented, who was admitted at 19.1 weeks of pregnancy in Hospital Obrero N ° 2 in Cochabamba-Bolivia, due to the prenatal ultrasound diagnosis of structural fetal heart disease, endocardial fibroelastosis.
- Publication
Gaceta Médica Boliviana, 2021, Vol 44, Issue 2, p271
- ISSN
1012-2966
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.47993/gmb.v44i2.337