Four chamber view plus three-vessel and trachea view for a complete evaluation of the fetal heart during the second trimester

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 309-312

  Del Bianco, Antongiulio ^a,b   Russo, Salvatore ^a   Lacerenza, Nicola ^a   Rinaldi, Matteo ^a   Rinaldi, Giuseppe ^a   Nappi, Luigi ^a   Greco, Pantaleo ^a  

^a Policlinico Univesitario   (Italy)

^b II Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital heart diseases; Four chamber view; Prenatal diagnosis; Three vessel view

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRACHEA;

CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; ITALY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRACHEA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33746380845     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2006.059     Document Type: Article

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