Update in fetal cardiac intervention

Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 379-386

  Viesca, Regina ^a   Huhta, James C ^a  

^a Department of Pediatrics and Obstetrics/Gynecology USF Daicoff Andrews ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS HEART; FETUS HYDROPS; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VALVULOPLASTY;

EID: 33749019444     PISSN: 10928464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11936-006-0042-6     Document Type: Review

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