Multiple structural cardiac malformations in a macrosomic, possibly missed infant of a diabetic mother

• Main Authors: Igoche David Peter (Author), Zubaida L Farouk (Author), Abdulsalam Mohammed (Author), Mustafa Ohikhena Asani (Author), Ibrahim Aliyu (Author), Fatima Usman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Infants of diabetic mothers are prone to cardiac malformations due to teratogenicity of diabetes mellitus (DM). We present here the case of a macrosomic neonate who had marked difficulty with breathing. He had severe hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with patent ductus arteriosus and cor triatriatum dexte...