Three-vessel view of the fetal heart: In utero development of the great vessels

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 158-163

  Min, Hoan Moon ^a   Jeong, Yeon Cho ^b,c   Eun, Jung Park ^a   Jee, Yeon Min ^a   Kim, Jeong Ah ^a   Sung, Il Jung ^a   Mi, Jin Song ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fetus; Heart; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AORTA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ARTERY; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

SPRING VIREMIA OF CARP VIRUS;

EID: 33847165226     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1642     Document Type: Article

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