Impact of prenatal diagnosis on outcome of pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum

Objectives: To determine the impact of fetal echocardiography on the management of pregnancy and of newborns affected by pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum (PAIVS) and to evaluate the outcome of infants with and without prenatal diagnosis of PAIVS. Methods: We searched our database for cases of PAIVS prenatally and postnatally diagnosed during the period January 1993–December 2009. Postnatal follow-up was available in all cases...