Successful intrauterine treatment with radiofrequency ablation in a case of acardiac twin pregnancy complicated with a hydropic pump twin

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 509-512

  Hirose, M ^a   Murata, A ^a   Kita, N ^a   Aotani, H ^a   Takebayashi, K ^a   Noda, Y ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acardiac twin; Fetal hydrops; Radiofrequency ablation; Twin pregnancy; Twin reversed arterial perfusion (TRAP)

Indexed keywords

RITODRINE;

ACARDIUS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; DETERIORATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS HYDROPS; FETUS OUTCOME; FETUS SURGERY; HUMAN; HYDROPIC PUMP TWIN; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SKIN EDEMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWIN PREGNANCY; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 2442544632     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1011     Document Type: Article

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