Abstract
1/2020
Case report
Concomitant effects of late fetal growth restriction and intra-cytoplasmatic sperm injection on fetal cardiac remodelling: a case report
- Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine Ospedale Cristo Re Roma, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The First I.M. Sechenov Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
Prenat Cardio 2020; 10(1); 65-68
Online publish date: 2020/12/29
Fetuses conceived by intra-cytoplasmatic sperm injection (ICSI) and complicated by fetal growth restriction (FGR) are characterised by a different phenotype of cardiac remodelling. We present a case in which both conditions, ICSI and late FGR, were present. An echocardiographic study of the fetal cardiac geometry showed the presence of a globular heart with sphericity indices of both ventricles values < 5th centile, not associated with dilated heart, as present in ICSI fetuses. The possible pathophysiological changes of these findings are discussed.
Keywords
intra-cytoplasmatic sperm injection, fetal growth restriction, fetal cardiac geometry, fetal cardiac remodelling, echocardiography, sphericity index
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