Anatomical and echocardiographic correlates of normal cardiac morphology in the late first trimester fetus

Heart

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 68-72

  Allan, Lindsey D ^a,c   Santos, Rosalba ^a   Pexieder, Tomas ^b  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

echocardiography; fetus; organogenesis; prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOGENESIS; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0031054332     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.77.1.68     Document Type: Article

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