Efficacy of Routine Fetal Ultrasound Screening for Congenital Heart Disease in Normal Pregnancy

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-72

  Buskens, E ^a,b,c,d,e   Grobbee, D E ^b   Frohn Mulder, I M E ^a   Stewart, P A ^c   Juttmann, R E ^d   Wladimiroff, J W ^c   Hess, J ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Erasmus University Medical School

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Rotterdam Thuiszorg Foundation   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Echocardiography; Heart defects, congenital; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0030188038     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.1.67     Document Type: Article

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