Technical factors influencing sonographic visualization of fetal echogenic intracardiac foci

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 479-484

  Levine, Deborah ^a   Mehta, Tejas S ^a   Min, Kent K ^a,b   Hulka, Carol A ^a   McArdle, Colin R ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal echocardiography; Fetus, abnormalities; Heart, echogenic focus; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EQUIPMENT; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRENATAL SCREENING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANEUPLOIDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LABOR PRESENTATION; LINEAR MODELS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0033761441     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0096(200011/12)28:9<479::AID-JCU5>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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