Are intracardiac echogenic foci markers of congenital heart disease in the fetus with chromosomal abnormalities?

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 895-898

  Wax, Joseph R ^a,b   Cartin, Angelina ^a   Pinette, Michael G ^a   Blackstone, Jacquelyn ^a  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MMC OB GYN Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Down syndrome; Intracardiac echogenic focus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMARKERS; CARDIOLOGY; DISEASES;

FETUSES; SONOGRAPY;

ULTRASONICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DISEASE MARKER; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGENIC INTRACARDIAC FOCUS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIPLOIDY; TRISOMY 13; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21;

EID: 3142721822     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.7.895     Document Type: Article

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