The fetal cardiac function

Current Cardiology Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-53

  Acharya, Ganesh ^a   Räsänen, Juha ^b   Kiserud, Torvid ^c   Huhta, James C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac function; Doppler; Fetal circulation; Fetal echocardiography; Fetal heart

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS HEART; HEART FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 33746124589     PISSN: 15733947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157339406775471830     Document Type: Review

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