Fetal diagnosis of lethal dysfunction of the right heart in three siblings

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 621-624

  Hornung, Tim S ^a,c   Heads, Alison ^a   Wright, Chris ^b   Hunter, Stewart ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Familial right ventricular cardiomyopathy; Parchment right ventricle; Uhl's anomaly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; GENETICS; HEART ATRIUM; HUMAN; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADULT; CARDIOMEGALY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0034324076     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s104795110000891x     Document Type: Article

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