Fetal echocardiography: A sophisticated tool in obstetrics

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-138

  Carvalho, J S ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Fetal cardiology; Fetus; Infant, newborn; Pediatric cardiology

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; OBSTETRICS; PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33745331190     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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