Echocardiographic evaluation of cardiac function in the fetus

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1081-1091

  Simpson, John ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac function; Doppler; Echocardiography; Fetal heart; Fetus

Indexed keywords

AORTA STENOSIS; AUTOPSY; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS HEART; HEART FUNCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TACHYCARDIA;

ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR ABNORMALITIES; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGIC PROCESSES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETAL HEART; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 11144220904     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1065     Document Type: Review

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