Novel application of 4D sonography with B-flow imaging and spatio-temporal image correlation (STIC) in the assessment of the anatomy of pulmonary arteries in fetuses with pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-46

  Volpe, P ^a,b   Campobasso, G ^a   Stanziano, A ^a   De Robertis, V ^a   Di Paolo, S ^a   Caruso, G ^a   Volpe, N ^a   Gentile, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b DI VENERE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D 4D ultrasound; Echocardiography; Fetal heart defect; Pulmonary atresia; Ventricular septal defect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; FOUR DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY; LUNG ATRESIA; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, FOUR-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY ATRESIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33746475192     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2818     Document Type: Article

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