Mobility of the flap valve of the primary atrial septum in the developing human fetus

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-70

  Firpo, Cora ^a,b   Zielinsky, Paulo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CARDIOLOGIA DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Unidade de Pesquisa   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fetal echocardiography; Human fetus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031602643     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951100004650     Document Type: Article

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