Balloon dilatation of the aortic valve in the fetus

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 296-300

  Lopes, Lilian M ^a   Cha, Sang Choon ^a   Kajita, Luis Junia ^b   Aiello, Vera Demarchi ^b   Jatene, Adib ^b   Zugaib, Marcelo ^a  

^a Division of Fetal Medicine   (Brazil)

^b Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aortic valve stenosis; Fetal echocardiography; Prenatal treatment; Valvar balloon dilatation

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIAL FIBROELASTOSIS; ENDOCARDIUM; FETUS; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYDROPS; MALE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; VALVULOTOMY;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BALLOON DILATATION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0029924702     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000264318     Document Type: Article

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