The role of fetal nuchal translucency and ductus venosus doppler at 11-14 weeks of gestation in the detection of major congenital heart defects

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-243

  Favre, R ^a   Cherif, Y ^a   Kohler, M ^a   Kohler, A ^a   Hunsinger, M C ^a   Bouffet, N ^a   Tanghe, M ^a   Cancellier, M ^a   Nisand, I ^a  

^a SIHCUS CMCO Centre Medico Chirurgical et Obstetrical   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiac abnormalities; Ductus venosus; Nuchal translucency; Trisomy

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THICKNESS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VELOCITY; WAVEFORM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0037351548     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.51     Document Type: Article

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