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Flail anterior tricuspid valve leaflet in a neonate: association with maternal antiphospholipid syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2017

Adrian J. Tarca ,
Luke Eckersley  and
Darshan Kothari
Adrian J. Tarca*
Affiliation:
Children’s Cardiac Centre, Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Luke Eckersley
Affiliation:
Children’s Cardiac Centre, Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Darshan Kothari
Affiliation:
Children’s Cardiac Centre, Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
*
Correspondence to: Dr A. J. Tarca, Paediatric Resident, Children’s Cardiac Centre, Princess Margaret Hospital, Roberts Road, Subiaco, Perth, WA 6008, Australia. Tel: 08 9340 8222; Fax: 93408983; E-mail: Adrian.Tarca@health.wa.gov.au
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Abstract

This brief report describes a case of flail anterior tricuspid valve leaflet in a neonate associated with maternal antiphospholipid syndrome. Fetal echocardiography at 27 weeks of gestation showed competent atrioventricular valves with biventricular echogenic chordae. Fetal distress was noted at delivery, and echocardiography showed a flail anterior leaflet of the tricuspid valve with severe regurgitation. Possible causation and implications of maternal antiphospholipid syndrome are discussed.

Keywords

Tricuspid regurgitationflail leafletmaternal antiphospholipid syndromeechogenic chordae

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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 27 , Issue 8 , October 2017 , pp. 1637 - 1640
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© Cambridge University Press 2017 

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