Impact of antenatal screening on the presentation of infants with congenital heart disease to a cardiology unit

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 704-708

  Chew, Colleen ^a,b   Stone, Sunita ^a,b   Donath, Sussan M ^c   Penny, Daniel James ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Australia and New Zealand Children's Heart Research Centre   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antenatal diagnosis; Antenatal ultrasound; Congenital heart disease; Prenatal screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FETUS; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; ULTRASOUND;

CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS SCREENING; VICTORIA;

EID: 33750053842     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2006.00955.x     Document Type: Article

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