Echocardiography in early pregnancy: Review of literature

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-280

  Haak, Monique C ^a   Van Vugt, John M G ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Echocardiography; First trimester; Heart defects; Pregnancy; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETAL MONITORING;

SONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONICS;

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037370333     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2003.22.3.271     Document Type: Review

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