Echocardiographic assessment of conjoined twins

Heart

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 382-387

  Andrews, R E ^a   McMahon, C J ^a   Yates, R W M ^a   Cullen, S ^a   De Leval, M R ^a   Kiely, E M ^a   Spitz, L ^a   Sullivan, Ian ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONJOINED TWINS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PERINATAL CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TWINS, CONJOINED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33644514964     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.069682     Document Type: Article

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