How successful is fetal echocardiographic examination in the first trimester of pregnancy?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 9-13

  Haak, M C ^a,b   Twisk, J W R ^a   Van Vugt, J M G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac examination Echocardiography; First trimester; Normal pregnancies; Transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0036305930     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2002.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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