Diagnosis of absent ductus venosus in a population referred for fetal echocardiography: Association with a persistent portosystemic shunt requiring postnatal device occlusion

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1077-1082

  Acherman, Ruben J ^a,b   Evans, William N ^a,b   Galindo, Alvaro ^a,b   Collazos, Juan C ^a,b   Rothman, Abraham ^a,b   Mayman, Gary A ^a,b   Luna, Carlos F ^a,b   Rollins, Robert ^a,b   Kip, Katrinka T ^a,b   Berthody, Dean P ^c   Restrepo, Humberto ^a,b  

^a Childrens Heart Center Nevada   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c Red Rock Radiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Absent ductus venosus; Embolization; Fetal echocardiography; Portosystemic shunt; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT MONITORING;

ABSENT DUCTUS VENOSUS; FETAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ABSENT DUCTUS VENOSUS; AGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; ILIAC VEIN; INCIDENCE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; LIVER SINUSOID; LIVER VEIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERINATAL PERIOD; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; UMBILICAL VEIN; VEIN DILATATION; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

EID: 34547655552     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.8.1077     Document Type: Article

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