Right aortic arch detected in fetal life

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 882-889

  Berg, C ^a   Bender, F ^a   Soukup, M ^a   Geipel, A ^a   Axt Fliedner, R ^b   Breuer, J ^a   Herberg, U ^a   Gembruch, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac defects; Echocardiography; Fetus; Prenatal diagnosis; Right aortic arch

Indexed keywords

AORTA ARCH ANOMALY; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HETEROTAXY SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY;

ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33845873286     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.3883     Document Type: Review

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