Isolated levocardia: Prenatal diagnosis, clinical importance, and literature review

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 361-365

  Gindes, Liat ^a   Hegesh, Julian ^a   Barkai, Gad ^a   Jacobson, Jeffrey M ^a   Achiron, Reuven ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dextrogastria; Levocardia; Outcome

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

DEXTROGASTRIA; ISOLATED LEVOCARDIA; LEVOCARDIA; MALFORMATIONS;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ACCESSORY SPLEEN; ASPLENIA; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LEVOCARDIA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 33847629927     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.3.361     Document Type: Review

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