Ultrasonographic features of the persistence of superior left vena cava and pathological cardiac associations in fetus. Cases serie.

Abstract

The persistence of superior left vena cava (PLSVC) is a pathological condition in fetus with risk of association with abnormalitieslike fetuses heterotaxy, cardiac abnormalities - atrioventricular septum defect, and conotruncal anomalies. In thispaper we report 23 cases of fetuse with PLSVCş, reviewing their diagnosis, co-morbidities, and evolution in the newborns.