Prenatal diagnosis of hypoplastic left heart syndrome and trisomy 18 in a fetus with normal nuchal translucency and abnormal ductus venosus blood flow at 13 weeks of gestation

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 490-493

  Martinez Crespo J M ^a   Del Rio M ^a   Gomez O ^a   Borrell, A ^a   Puerto, B ^a   Cararach, V ^a   Fortuny, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Ductus venosus; Early echocardiography; Nuchal translucency; Trisomy 18

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CYTOGENETICS; DUCTUS VENOSUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; KARYOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRISOMY 18;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; NECK; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; TRISOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0037514591     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.119     Document Type: Article

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