Utilising ductus venosus Doppler waveform and four-chamber view to screen for foetal cardiac malformation in early second trimester of pregnancy

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 1791-1796

  Zhou, Qi Chang ^a   Zhang, Jing ^a   Zhang, Ming ^a   Peng, Qing Hai ^a   Cao, Dan Ming ^a   Wang, Xiao Yan ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Ductus venosus; Foetus; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasonograpy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PROBABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAVEFORM;

FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 27844584724     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: 03666999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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