Case Report
Authors: Ahmed M. Abbas (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt) , Sief El-Eslam Ali (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt) , Armia Michael (Faculty of Medicine; Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt)
Fetal cardiac abnormalities are one of the common causes of non-immune fetal hydrops. Early diagnosis and treatment may prevent the late consequences that can occur as heart failure and intrauterine fetal death. Herein we report the case of a 32-year-old patient with a history of recurrent second trimester intrauterine fetal death. She presented with fetal hydrops at 23 weeks. A detailed echocardiography revealed that the fetus had a third degree atrioventricular block and advanced hydropic changes due to heart failure. Corticosteroid therapy was started but the fetus died in utero after 2 weeks.
Keywords: Atrioventricular block, hydrops fetalis, intrauterine fetal death, heart failure
How to Cite: Abbas, A. M. , Ali, S. & Michael, A. (2017) “Recurrent second-trimester intrauterine fetal death due to undiagnosed atrioventricular block: A case report”, Proceedings in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 7(2). doi: https://doi.org/10.17077/2154-4751.1359