Advances in fetal echocardiography

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 250-259

  Ayres, Nancy A ^a,b,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiology pediatric; Congenital diagnosis; Echocardiography, Doppler fetal; Echocardiography fetal; Fetal diseases diagnosis; Fetal diseases ultrasonography; Fetal heart ultrasonography; Heart defects; Pediatrics; Pregnancy; Prenatal diagnosis methods; Risk factors; Ultrasonography, Doppler fetal; Ultrasonography, prenatal

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; FETOSCOPY; FETUS; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0031425778     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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