The three vessels and trachea view (3VT) in fetal cardiac scanning

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 340-345

  Yagel, S ^a   Arbel, R ^a   Anteby, E Y ^a   Raveh, D ^b   Achiron, R ^c  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fetal echocardiography; Great vessels; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MEDIASTINUM; NOMOGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRACHEA;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; TRACHEA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0036034878     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2002.00801.x     Document Type: Article

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