The role of the three vessels and trachea view (3VT) in the diagnosis of congenital heart defects

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 358-367

  Vinals F ^a,b   Heredia, F ^a   Giuliano, A ^a  

^a Centro AGB Ultrasonografia   (Chile)

^b NONE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Prenatal diagnosis; Three vessels and trachea view; Transverse aortic arch view

Indexed keywords

AORTA STENOSIS; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; LUNG ATRESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINUM; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEA; TURBULENT FLOW;

AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; TRACHEA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0142010986     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.882     Document Type: Article

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