Prenatal Diagnosis of a Ductal-Dependent Branch Pulmonary Artery: Extra Vessels in the 3-Vessel and Trachea View.

Creator(s)

Anmol Goyal, Children's Mercy Kansas CityFollow
Maria Kiaffas, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Tara Swanson
Melanie Kathol, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Sanket Shah, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Nitin Madan, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-4-2024

Identifier

DOI: 10.3390/jcdd11020055; PMCID: PMC10889753

Abstract

Obtaining a three-vessel (3V) and three-vessel and trachea (3VT) view from the fetal upper mediastinum is now considered to be part of standard imaging protocol for routine obstetric cardiac screening examinations. We report two fetal cases of an anomalous pulmonary artery origin, utilizing the standard 3V and 3VT views. Further imaging led to a rare diagnosis of bilateral ductus arteriosus with discontinuous branch pulmonary arteries in the absence of any other congenital heart defect. We briefly discuss the imaging features, differential diagnoses, and management of this rare entity.

Journal Title

J Cardiovasc Dev Dis

Volume

11

Issue

2

Keywords

3-vessel view; anomalous pulmonary artery; bilateral ductus; fetal echocardiography; prenatal diagnosis

Comments

This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Publisher's Link: https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/11/2/55

Recommended Citation

Goyal A, Kiaffas M, Swanson T, Kathol MJ, Shah S, Madan N. Prenatal Diagnosis of a Ductal-Dependent Branch Pulmonary Artery: Extra Vessels in the 3-Vessel and Trachea View. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis. 2024;11(2):55. Published 2024 Feb 4. doi:10.3390/jcdd11020055