Z-scores of the fetal aortic isthmus and duct: An aid to assessing arch hypoplasia

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 628-633

  Pasquint, L ^a   Mellander, M ^b   Seale, A ^b   Matsui, H ^a,b   Roughton, M ^c   Ho, S Y ^b   Gardiner, H M ^a,b,d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aortic isthmus; Coarctation of the aorta; Fetus; Z scores

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FEMUR; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

AORTA, THORACIC; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34250881605     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.4021     Document Type: Article

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