A case of fetal parvovirus B19 myocarditis, terminal cardiac heart failure, and perinatal heart transplantation

Citation
Cs. Von Kaisenberg et al., A case of fetal parvovirus B19 myocarditis, terminal cardiac heart failure, and perinatal heart transplantation, FETAL DIAGN, 16(6), 2001, pp. 427-432
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Reproductive Medicine
Journal title
FETAL DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY
ISSN journal
10153837 → ACNP
Volume
16
Issue
6
Year of publication
2001
Pages
427 - 432
Database
ISI
SICI code
1015-3837(200111/12)16:6<427:ACOFPB>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We report a case of fetal cardiomegaly secondary to myocarditis as a result of intrauterine parvovirus B19 infection. The fetus was delivered through Caesarean section because of increasing deterioration of cardiac function a t 33 + 3 weeks with reverse flow in the ductus venosus. Four weeks later, a cardiac transplantation was carried out because of therapy-resistant dilat ive cardiomyopathy. This case shows that fetal parvovirus B19 infection may occur without anemia and myocarditis and does not always result in spontan eous reformation of a dilated heart and normal recovery. It may become the determining prognostic factor for the child. Copyright (C) 2001 S. Karger A G, Basel.