Fetal echocardiographic evaluation of atrial morphology and the prediction of laterality in cases of heterotaxy syndromes

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 538-545

  Berg, C ^a   Geipel, A ^a   Kohl, T ^a   Smrcek, J ^b   Germer, U ^c   Baschat, A A ^d,e   Hansmann, M ^a   Gembruch, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial morphology; Echocardiography; Fetus; Heterotaxy; Isomerism; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; HETEROTAXY SYNDROME; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; VIDEORECORDING;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 27744595912     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1934     Document Type: Review

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