Persisting spongy myocardium. A case indicating the difficulty of antenatal diagnosis

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 227-232

  Winer, N ^a   Lefevre M ^a   Nomballais, M F ^a   David, A ^a   Rival, J M ^a   Gournay, V ^a   Debillon, T ^a   Roze J C ^a   Boog, G ^a  

^a NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Heart morphogenesis; Noncompaction of the myocardium; Prenatal diagnosis; Spongy myocardium

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FETUS; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOGENESIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONGY MYOCARDIUM; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION;

ABORTION, THERAPEUTIC; ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0031736362     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000020843     Document Type: Article

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