Significance of echogenic foci in the fetal heart

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 445-449

  Sepulveda, W ^a   Romero, D ^a  

^a CLÍNICA LAS CONDES   (Chile)

Author keywords

Fetal heart; Intracardiac echogenic foci; Papillary muscle; Prenatal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FETUS; FETUS HEART; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032430058     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1998.12060445.x     Document Type: Article

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