Prenatal diagnosis of fetal heart failure in twin reversed arterial perfusion syndrome

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 615-617

  Osborn, Perry ^a,c   Gross, Thomas L ^b   Shah, J J ^b   Lindsey, Ma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b OSF SAINT FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Colour flow Doppler; Fetal echocardiography; Fetal heart failure; TRAP syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 0033904794     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0223(200008)20:8<615::AID-PD855>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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