Prenatal diagnosis of dilated coronary sinus with persistent left superior vena cava in a fetus with trisomy 18

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 108-110

  Kalache, Karim D ^a   Romero, Roherto ^a   Conoscenti, Giancarlo ^a   Qureshi, Faisal ^b   Jacques, Suzanne M ^b   Chaiworapongsa, Tinnakorn ^a   Treadwell, Marjorie ^b   Johnson, Anthony ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUTZEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary sinus; Persistent left superior vena cava; Prenatal diagnosis; Trisomy 18; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY SINUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PERSISTENT FETUS CIRCULATION; PERSISTENT LEFT SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TRISOMY 18;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, 16-18; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; TRISOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 0037330185     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.460     Document Type: Article

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