Changes in pulmonary venous Doppler parameters in fetal cardiac defects

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-70

  Lenz, F ^a   Chaoui, R ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Center for Prenatal Diagnosis and Human Genetics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abnormal pulmonary venous drainage; Congenital heart defects; Fetal pulmonary veins; Pulmonary venous obstruction; Venous Doppler

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; LUNG VEIN DRAINAGE ANOMALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY VEINS; PULSATILE FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33746507194     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2796     Document Type: Article

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