The four-chamber view and its sensitivity in detecting congenital heart defects

Cardiology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 202-206

  Fernandez, Carlos O ^a   Ramaciotti, Claudio ^a   Martin, Lisa B ^a   Twickler, Diane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenatal ultrasound; Congenital heart disease; Four chamber view

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FETUS; FETUS HEART; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ATRIA; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032445499     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006844     Document Type: Article

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