Acardiac twin: A systematic review of minimally invasive treatment modalities

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 409-419

  Tan, T Y T ^a,b   Sepulveda, W ^a,c  

^a QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c CLÍNICA LAS CONDES   (Chile)

Author keywords

Acardiac twin; Fetal therapy; Prenatal diagnosis; Twin pregnancy; Twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence

Indexed keywords

ACARDIUS; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CATHETER ABLATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; DIATHERMY; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER COAGULATION; MEDLINE; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWINS; UMBILICAL ARTERY CATHETERIZATION;

DISEASES IN TWINS; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY REDUCTION, MULTIFETAL; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 0142106288     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.224     Document Type: Review

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