Prenatal diagnosis of a fetal ventricular diverticulum associated with pericardial effusion: Successful outcome following pericardiocentesis

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 954-957

  Johnson, Jo Ann M ^a,b   Ryan, Greg ^a   Toi, Ants ^a   Smallhorn, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac diverticulum; Pericardial effusion; Pericardiocentesis; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIVERTICULOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; DIVERTICULUM; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PREGNANCY; SUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0029820520     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199610)16:10<954::AID-PD981>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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