Detection of transposition of the great arteries in fetuses reduces neonatal morbidity and mortality

Circulation

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 916-918

  Bonnet, Damien ^a,c   Coltri, Anna ^b   Butera, Gianfranco ^a   Fermont, Laurent ^c   Le Bidois, Jérôme ^a   Kachaner, Jean ^a   Sidi, Daniel ^a  

^a Service de Cardiologie Pediatrique   (France)

^b Maternit Hpital Necker Enfants Malades   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Heart defects, congenital; Pediatrics; Transposition of great vessels

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033596673     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.99.7.916     Document Type: Article

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