2006-01-23-10 Ventricular septal defect © Alaattin www.thefetus.net/
Ventricular septal defect
Alaattin Kacar, MD, Özcan Yilmaz, MD, Faruk Dinksahin, MD, Burhan Seker, MD
Turkey
This is a second trimester fetus with a ventricular septal defect and a systolic-diastolic shunt. The baby was born at 40 weeks and the diagnosis was confirmed by a postnatal echocardiogram. Note that the communication is really only visible with color Doppler, and that, as is commonly observed it is bidirectional during systole.