Ductus venosus blood flow velocity waveforms as a predictor for fetal outcome in isolated congenital heart disease

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 383-389

  Baez, E ^a   Steinhard, J ^a   Huber, A ^c   Vetter, M ^b   Hackeloer B J ^b   Hecher, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b ASKLEPIOS HOSPITAL BARMBEK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Doppler ultrasound; Ductus venosus; Fetal heart; Perinatal mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TACHYCARDIA; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 23944459048     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086817     Document Type: Article

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