Prenatal diagnosis of long QT syndrome using fetal magnetocardiography

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 677-680

  Hamada, Hiromi ^a   Horigome, Hitoshi ^a   Asaka, Mitsuhiro ^a   Shigemitsu, Sadahiko ^a   Mitsui, Toshio ^a   Kubo, Takeshi ^a   Kandori, Akihiko ^b   Tsukada, Keiji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fetus; Long QT syndrome; Magnetocardiography; Prenatal diagnosis; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAGNETICS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0033034880     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199907)19:7<677::AID-PD597>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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