Hypoplastic left heart syndrome in the fetus: Diagnostic features prior to birth and their impact on postnatal outcome

Progress in Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-60

  Gomez Fifer, Carlen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal echocardiography; Hypoplastic left heart syndrome; Outcomes; Prenatal diagnosis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS KARYOTYPING; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; PARENT COUNSELING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33645897326     PISSN: 10589813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppedcard.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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