Childhood cardiac function after prenatal diagnosis of intracardiac echogenic foci

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 783-787

  Wax, Joseph R ^a,c   Donnelly, Jon ^b   Carpenter, Molly ^a   Chard, Renée ^a   Pinette, Michael G ^a   Blackstone, Jacquelyn ^a   Cartin, Angelina ^a  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Barbara Bush Children's Hospital   (United States)

^c MMC OB GYN Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Intracardiac echogenic focus; Prenatal diagnosis; Sonography

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES;

SONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRACARDIAC ECHOGENIC FOCUS; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0041364589     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2003.22.8.783     Document Type: Article

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