HyoJeong Lee

Dr. HyoJeong Lee


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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

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8 October 2022 in Diagnostics
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JKJi Hye Koh
Ji Hye Koh
HLHyoJeong Lee
HyoJeong Lee
JCJinyoung Choi
Jinyoung Choi
JAJun Woo Ahn
Jun Woo Ahn
Congenital ventricular diverticulum (CVD) is a cardiac malformation defined as an outpouching lesion of a ventricle with normal contractility and thickness, and the advancement of prenatal sonography has led to its prenatal diagnosis. In the prenatal period, CVD is reported in association with pericardial effusion, arrhythmia, and fetal hydrops or as an isolated condition. With the development of prenatal echocardiography, CVD can be diagnosed from the early stage of pregnancy, and prenatal procedures, such as pericardiocentesis, are also possible. Spatiotemporal image correlation (STIC) acquisition, a novel approach for the clinical evaluation of fetal hearts, provides easy-to-use techniques for acquiring data from fetal hearts and helping visualization with two-dimensional and three-dimensional (3D) cine sequences. Furthermore, the speckle-tracking technique enables a more comprehensive evaluation of the shape, continuity, and function of the fetal heart. These recent techniques have never been used for CVD diagnosis and evaluation. Here, we present a case of right-sided CVD, which is the first in which STIC acquisition and cardiac function assessment with the speckle-tracking technique were used to assist in the diagnosis and evaluation.