Left superior caval vein: A powerful indicator of fetal coarctation

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 539-540

  Pasquini, L ^a   Fichera, A ^a   Tan, T ^a   Ho, S Y ^b   Gardiner, Helena ^a,b,c  

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

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; COR TRIATRIATUM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LUNG VEIN DRAINAGE ANOMALY; MITRAL VALVE ATRESIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; LETTER; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS;

AORTIC COARCTATION; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 15844400546     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.045443     Document Type: Article

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