Reduced combined ventricular output and increased oxygen extraction fraction in a fetus with complete heart block demonstrated by MRI
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Meng Yuan Zhu, MS, Edgar Jaeggi, MD, Christopher W. Roy, MSc, Christopher K. Macgowan, PhD, Mike Seed, MBBS From the Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Division of Cardiology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Department of Physiology and Experimental Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Combined ventricular output and oxygen delivery are reduced while oxygen extraction fraction is increased in fetuses with Ebstein's Anomaly by MRI
Results We studied 30 normal and 8 EA fetuses at 36 weeks gestation. There were 2 deaths in the 4 patients that underwent surgery (all Starnes procedures). We found reduced flows in all measured vessels except ascending aorta (Table 1). There were also significant reduced T2s in ascending aorta and superior vena cava, but no difference in umbilical vein (UV) and descending aorta (Table 1). DO2 ...
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