Suboptimal second-trimester ultrasonographic visualization of the fetal heart in obese women: Should we repeat the examination?

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1205-1210

  Hendler, Israel ^a   Blackwell, Sean C ^a   Bujold, Emmanuel ^a   Treadwell, Marjorie C ^a   Mittal, Pooja ^a   Sokol, Robert J ^a   Sorokin, Yoram ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Fetal cardiac anomalies; Maternal obesity; Prenatal ultrasonography; Suboptimal ultrasonographic visualization

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARDIOLOGY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; PATIENT TREATMENT; VISUALIZATION;

BODY MASS INDEX; FETAL CARDIAC ANOMALIES; MATERNAL OBESITY; PRENATAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; SUBOPTICAL ULTRASONOGRAPHIC VISUALIZATION;

ULTRASONIC EFFECTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SERUM; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 24144436112     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2005.24.9.1205     Document Type: Article

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