Fetal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with elevated middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity (MCA PSV): A potentially grim association

Abstract

Key Clinical Message An elevated middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity (MCA PSV) in the setting of nondiabetic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy may portend an especially poor prognosis.

Keywords

• cardiovascular fluid dynamics
• fetal echocardiography
• fetal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• middle cerebral artery
• peak systolic velocity