Cardiac circumference measurement: Possible screening tool in early pregnancy for anomalous cardiac development

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 134-139

  Guariglia, Lorenzo ^a   Rosati, Paolo ^a   Bartolozzi, Francesco ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early pregnancy; Fetal biometry; Heart defects; Prenatal diagnosis; Transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMUR; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 29144536151     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089063     Document Type: Article

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