Three-Dimensional Echocardiography for Studies of the Fetal Heart: Present Status and Future Perspectives

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 341-355

  Tutschek, Boris ^a,b   Sahn, David J ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FETUS HEART; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34548167976     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2007.05.006     Document Type: Review

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