Accuracy of fetal echocardiography: A cardiac segment-specific analysis

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-21

  Gottliebson, W M ^a   Border, W L ^a   Franklin, C M ^a   Meyer, R A ^a   Michelfelder, E C ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Congenital heart disease; Fetal echocardiography; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTNATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33746523454     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2795     Document Type: Article

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