Caliber of the coronary sinus in fetuses with cardiac defects with and without left persistent superior vena cava and in growth-restricted fetuses with heart-sparing effect

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 552-557

  Chaoui, R ^a   Heling, K S ^a   Kalache, K D ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congenital heart defects; Coronary sinus; Fetal heart; Left persistent superior vena cava

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY SINUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LEFT PERSISTENT SUPERIOR VENA CAVA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 0042767535     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.626     Document Type: Article

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