Fetal congenital cardiac diverticulum with pericardial effusion: Two cases with different presentations in the first trimester of pregnancy

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 405-408

  Prefumo, F ^a   Bhide, A ^a   Thilaganathan, B ^a   Carvalho, J S ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Cardiac ventricle; Diverticulum; Early pregnancy; Echocardiography; Hydrops; Pericardial effusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DIVERTICULOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HYDROPS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DIVERTICLE; HUMAN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DIVERTICULUM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 17444372700     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1855     Document Type: Article

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