Three-vessel view of the fetal upper mediastinum: An easy means of detecting abnormalities of the ventricular outflow tracts and great arteries during obstetric screening

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 173-182

  Yoo, S J ^a,b,c,d   Lee, Y H ^a   Kim, E S ^a   Ryu, H M ^a   Kim, M Y ^a   Choi, H K ^b   Cho, K S ^b   Kim, A ^b  

^a Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Sejong Heart Institute   (South Korea)

^d No 42 102 Kaenari Apt ^*  (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fetal echocardiography; Great arteries; Screening fetal sonography; Three vessel view; Ventricular outflow tracts

Indexed keywords

AORTA ANOMALY; ARTERIAL TRUNK; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FETUS; HEART INJURY; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; LUNG ATRESIA; MEDIASTINUM; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; FEMALE; FETUS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MEDIASTINUM; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0030975437     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1997.09030173.x     Document Type: Article

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