Endocarditis Fetal

Fetal endocarditis

This is the name for heart disease in newborns, caused by infection through the mother's blood from an infection in utero. In fact, the mother may contain antibodies in her blood that react with microbes present in the baby at birth or a little earlier. But this is not yet a reason to suspect

Fetal endocarditis is inflammatory lesions of the mitral, tricuspid and aortic valves that occur in newborns with hypoplastic heart valves. Endocarditis is caused by the impact of pathogenic microflora on the tissue matrix of the valves, which consists of type I collagen. The development of infection in the endocardium with infected heart defects depends on the size of the valve and its location. With small hypoplasia, the mitral valve is affected less frequently. The disease may