The impact of prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease on pediatric cardiology and cardiac surgery

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-16

  Chiappa, Enrico ^a  

^a SANT ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Fetal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; FETUS MORTALITY; FETUS SURGERY; HEART OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAW SUIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORBIDITY; PARENT COUNSELING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SURVIVAL; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULOPLASTY;

CARDIAC CARE FACILITIES; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33846647988     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000247429.28957.80     Document Type: Review

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