Detection of fetal congenital heart disease in a low-risk population

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 808-815

  Hafner, E ^a,c   Scholler, J ^a   Schuchter, K ^a   Sterniste, W ^b   Philipp, K ^a  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b Paediatric Department   (Austria)

^c NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fetal congenital heart disease; Low risk population; Prenatal ultrasound screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC CARE; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARRHYTHMIA; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0031823626     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199808)18:8<808::AID-PD359>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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