Ventricular discrepancy as a sonographic sign of coarctation of the fetal aorta: How reliable is it?

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-99

  Brown, Douglas L ^a   Durfee, Sara M ^a   Hornberger, Lisa K ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Aortic; Coarctation; Fetal echocardiography; Fetal heart anomalies

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

AORTA; AORTIC COARCTATION; FETAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETAL HEART ANOMALIES;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTA ANOMALY; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN;

EID: 0031079959     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1997.16.2.95     Document Type: Article

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