Pulmonary balloon valvuloplasty in a fetus with critical pulmonary stenosis/atresia with intact ventricular septum and heart failure

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 100-104

  Galindo, A ^a,c   Gutierrez Larraya F ^b   Velasco, J M ^b   De La Fuente, P ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (Spain)

^b Hospital Universitario   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fetal cardiac intervention; Pulmonary stenosis; Ultrasound; Valvuloplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; LUNG ATRESIA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; TRANSLUMINAL VALVULOPLASTY;

BALLOON DILATATION; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETOSCOPY; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; INFANT; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY ATRESIA; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 29144444566     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089058     Document Type: Article

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