In utero ultrasonographic measurements of fetal aortic and pulmonary artery diameters during the first half of gestation

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 180-184

  Achiron, R ^a,c   Golan Porat, N ^a   Gabbay, U ^b   Rotstein, Z ^c,d   Heggesh, J ^c,d   Mashiach, S ^a   Lipitz, S ^a  

^a Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*

^b GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aortic diameter; Congenital heart defects; Great vessels biometry; Pulmonary artery diameter

Indexed keywords

AORTA; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY ARTERY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

AORTA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ARTERY; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0031895724     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1998.11030180.x     Document Type: Article

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