The impact of fetal echocardiography

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 299-306

  Kovalchin, J P ^a,b   Silverman, N H ^c  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Fetal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 2642518916     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-003-0593-1     Document Type: Review

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