First-trimester fetal heart block: A marker for cardiac anomaly

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 311-314

  Baschat, A A ^a,d   Gembruch, U ^b   Knopfle G ^c   Hansmann, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac anomaly; First trimester; Heart block; Nuchal edema; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CANAL; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DEXTROCARDIA; EDEMA; FEMALE; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART BLOCK; HEART VALVE REGURGITATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART BLOCK; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0033379146     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1999.14050311.x     Document Type: Article

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