First-trimester fetal heart block and increased nuchal translucency: An indication for early fetal echocardiography

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1129-1132

  Sciarrone, A ^a   Masturzo, B ^a   Botta, G ^a   Bastonero, S ^a   Campogrande, M ^a   Viora, E ^a  

^a Sant'Anna Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bradycardia; Congenital heart block; Echocardiography; Nuchal translucency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART BLOCK; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS HEART RATE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; BRADYCARDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 29544443446     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1286     Document Type: Article

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