Second-trimester ductus venosus measurement and adverse perinatal outcome in fetuses with congenital heart disease

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 979-982

  Bianco, Katherine ^a   Small, Maria ^b   Julien, Svena ^c   Kershaw, Trace ^d   Michon, Maaike ^b   Copel, Joshua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart defects; Ductus venosus waveforms; Second trimester Doppler sonography

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER EFFECT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MEDICINE; PATIENT MONITORING; POPULATION STATISTICS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS; DUCTUS VENOSUS WAVEFORMS; SECOND-TRIMESTER DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY;

DISEASES;

ANEUPLOIDY; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WASTAGE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; WAVEFORM;

EID: 33746620522     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2006.25.8.979     Document Type: Article

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