Objective: To assess long term changes in cardiac morphology and function in survivors of severe twin to twin transfusion syndrome(TTTS) after intrauterine laser coagulation of placental anastomoses. Design: Prospecti...Objective: To assess long term changes in cardiac morphology and function in survivors of severe twin to twin transfusion syndrome(TTTS) after intrauterine laser coagulation of placental anastomoses. Design: Prospective follow up of fetuses with severe TTTS treated by laser coagulation of intrauterine placental anastomoses. Fetal echocardiography and Doppler studies of feto-placental haemodynamic function were performed at the time of laser coagulation(median gestational age of 21.7 weeks). Postnatal cardiac follow up included a detailed echocardiographic study of systolic and diastolic cardiac function at a median age of 21.1 months. Setting: Paediatric展开更多
文摘Objective: To assess long term changes in cardiac morphology and function in survivors of severe twin to twin transfusion syndrome(TTTS) after intrauterine laser coagulation of placental anastomoses. Design: Prospective follow up of fetuses with severe TTTS treated by laser coagulation of intrauterine placental anastomoses. Fetal echocardiography and Doppler studies of feto-placental haemodynamic function were performed at the time of laser coagulation(median gestational age of 21.7 weeks). Postnatal cardiac follow up included a detailed echocardiographic study of systolic and diastolic cardiac function at a median age of 21.1 months. Setting: Paediatric
