Early fetal echocardiography: Heart biometry and visualization of cardiac structures between 10 and 15 weeks' gestation

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-182

  Smrcek, Jan Michael ^a   Berg, Christoph ^b   Geipel, Annegret ^b   Fimmers, Rolf ^b   Diedrich, Klaus ^a   Gembruch, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fetal echocardiography; Fetal heart; Fetal heart biometry; Fetus; First trimester; Prenatal diagnosis; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CARDIOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; PULMONARY DISEASES; SONOCHEMISTRY; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; VISUALIZATION;

FETAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETAL HEART; FETAL HEART BIOMETRY; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TRANSVAGINAL SONOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTA; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 32244439088     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2006.25.2.173     Document Type: Article

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