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Am J Perinatol 1984; 1(2): 182-184
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-999999
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© 1984 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Maternal Lithium and Neonatal Ebstein's Anomaly: Evaluation with Cross-Sectional Echocardiography

Walker A. Long, Park W. Willis IV 
  • Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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04 March 2008 (online)

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ABSTRACT

Cross-sectional echocardiography was used to evaluate two neonates whose mothers ingested lithium during pregnancy. In one infant, Ebstein's anomaly of the tricuspid valve was identified. In the other infant cross-sectional echocardiography provided reassurance that the infant did not have Ebstein's anomaly. Cross-sectional echocardiographic screening of newborns exposed to lithium during gestation can provide highly accurate, noninvasive assessment of the presence or absence of lithium-induced cardiac malformations.

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