Successful Treatment of Fetal Cardiac Arrest by Left Ventricular Exchange Transfusion
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- case report
- Published by S. Karger AG in Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy
- Vol. 9 (4) , 213-217
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000263935
Abstract
A 36-year-old pregnant woman with anti-HPA1a antibodies underwent six fetal platelet concentrate transfusions. During the second, at 28 weeks’ gestation, fetal asystole occurred in association with a post-transfusion platelet count of 813 × 109/l. Asystole was reversed by an intracardiac partial exchange transfusion of normal saline for fetal blood, simultaneously reducing fetal plasma viscosity and enabling re-commencement of the fetal circulation.Keywords
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