Table 1

Prenatal and postnatal anatomy of fetuses with right heart obstruction with intact ventricular septum, and outcome

CaseGAReason(s) for referralMain diagnosisDiagnosis of VCCShape of DA Outcome1-150
PrenatalConfirmedPrenatalConfirmed
133Small RVPAIVSPAIVSnaLargeSigmoidStatus: Fontan (7 years)
219Small RVPAIVSObviousUnclearAborted
334Small RVPAIVSPAIVSObviousLargeSigmoidStatus: BCPS (3 years)
431Small RV, twinPAIVSPAIVSObviousLargeSigmoidStatus: BCPS (2 years)
520Small RVPAIVSPAIVS, SAS, bicuspid AoVObviousLarge1-151 StraightAborted; necropsy
619Small RVPAIVSPAIVSObviousSigmoidAborted; necropsy
730Small RVPAIVSPAIVSSuspiciousSmallStraightStatus: BCPS (2 years)
838Dandy-WalkerPAIVSPAIVSnaUnclearDeath
936Small RVPAIVSPAIVSAbsentAbsentStraightStatus: BCPS (2 years)
1030Small RVPAIVSPAIVSSuspiciousAbsentStraightStatus: BT (1 year)
1121Small RVPAIVSPAIVSnaStraightAborted; necropsy
1224Small RVPAIVSnaStraightAborted
1317Small RVPAIVSPAIVSnaStraightAborted; dysmorphic fetus, by necropsy
1422Thickened RVPAIVSAbsentStraightAborted
1524Small RVPAIVSPAIVSAbsentSigmoidAborted
1638Small RV, family historyPAIVSSevere duct dependent PSnaSmallStraight4p–deletion; death
1727Severe PS, family historySevere PSSevere duct dependent PSAbsentAbsentStraightStatus: balloon valvuloplasty (1 year)
1822TTTSSevere PSSevere duct dependent PSAbsentStraightIschaemic changes in brain; death
1932IDDM, previous stillbornSevere PSModerate PSnaAbsentStraightStatus: balloon valvuloplasty (6 years)
2031Previous stillborn (21 trisomy)Severe PSModerate PS, ASDAbsentAbsentStraightStatus: ASD closure, valvuloplasty (2 years)
  • AoV, aortic valve; ASD, atrial septal defect; BCPS, bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt; BT, Blalock-Taussig shunt; DA, ductus arteriosus; GA, gestational age (in weeks) at initial study; IDDM, insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; na, not assessed; PAIVS, pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum; PS, pulmonary stenosis; RV, right ventricle; SAS, subaortic stenosis; TTTS, twin to twin transfusion syndrome; VCC, ventriculocoronary connections.

  • 1-150 Status is the patient’s postoperative status (at patient’s age). Death in all cases occurred after no active treatment (by parental request).

  • 1-151 Probably large, as suggested by the presence of a dilated tortuous coronary artery found during necropsy. All other ventriculocoronary connections confirmations were by postnatal right ventriculography.