Dilated cardiomyopathy presenting during fetal life

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 409-416

  Sivasankaran, Sivasubramonian ^a   Sharland, Gurleen K ^a   Simpson, John M ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Echocardiography; Fetal heart; Fetus

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; ONSET AGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARVOVIRUS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; VIRUS INFECTION;

CALIFORNIA; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 25844515610     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951105000855     Document Type: Article

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