Mild tricuspid regurgitation: A benign fetal finding at various stages of pregnancy

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 606-610

  Messing, B ^a   Porat, S ^b   Imbar, T ^b   Valsky, D V ^b   Anteby, E Y ^b   Yagel, S ^b   Huggon, I ^c   Huhta, J ^d  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal echocardiography; Prenatal diagnosis; Screening; STIC; Tricuspid regurgitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DUCTUS VENOSUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS HEART; FETUS MONITORING; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 28144445278     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1999     Document Type: Article

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