Research Article

Assessment of Structural and Functional Abnormalities of the Myocardium and the Ascending Aorta in Fetus with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

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HLHS fetal echocardiogram images at 33 weeks of gestation. Fetal echocardiogram in a 4-chamber view, demonstrating that both the end-diastolic length and the diameter of left ventricle (LV) decreased (a) as compared with the normal heart in same gestational age (b), while the right ventricle (RV) diameter increased (a), resulting in a notably higher diameter ratio of the RV to LV. M mode echocardiogram image showed the poor contractility of LV (c, white arrow) as compared with the normal heart (d, white arrow). LV: left ventricle; RV: right ventricle; and LVPW: left ventricular posterior wall.
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