Prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease: The beginning

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1-7

  Stauffer, Nanci Ruyle ^a   Murphy, Kathy ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SIBLEY HEART CENTER CARDIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart defect; Fetal echocardiography; Multidisciplinary team approach; Prenatal diagnosis; Psychosocial support

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DEFECT; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBRYO; FETUS; FETUS MONITORING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SUPPORT GROUP; SURVIVAL; TEAMWORK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036846130     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002727-200211000-00002     Document Type: Review

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