[Cardiovascular malformations in embryofetal alcohol syndrome (author's transl)].

Abstract

17 infants and children with embryofetal alcohol syndrome were examined of cardiovascular malformations. In 8 cases heart catheterization revealed malformations, mainly atrial septum defects (in 5 of 8 cases), only in one case a ventricular septum defect, in another case an aplasia of the right pulmonary artery and in one case a mild outflow tract obstruction of the left ventricle. Congenital heart diseases can be expected in nearly 50% of the cases in embryofetal alcohol syndrome.